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Magnum photographer Leonard Freed was on the national mall on 28 August 1963, when 250,000 people marched to support civil rights. His photographs of that historic day have been compiled in a new book, This Is The Day: The March on Washington, and will be on exhibit this fall at the US Library of Congress in Washington. The 42 never-before-published photos in the book were collected from hundreds
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Tarell Alvin McCraney on how the speech influenced him, growing up in Miami, and the consequences of the killing of Trayvon Martin
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Digital artist Nikkolas Smith on how the Trayvon Martin killing inspired his image of Martin Luther King in a hoodie
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Basketball star Maya Moore on the debt she owes Martin Luther King, and standing up for freedom and opportunity
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The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker, on his generation's responsibility to build on Martin Luther King's legacy
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It's 50 years since King gave that speech. Gary Younge finds out how it made history (and how it nearly fell flat)
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Fifty years after a great day for US civil rights, congressman laments Voting Rights Act decision and Zimmerman trial verdict
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John Lewis, the man Obama called the 'conscience of the US Congress', said whistleblower could lay claim to 'higher law'
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Amy Goodman: As the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington nears, let's not forget the history of agency overreach and abuse of power
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The acquittal last week of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has reignited the debate about race and racism in America. Veteran civil rights campaigner and former presidential candidate the Reverend Jesse Jackson reflects on the 'blacklash' that threatens the African-American community 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr's March on Washington
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The civil rights movement has been reinvigorated by recent decisions from a Florida jury and the supreme court
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Alice Walker: I feel the grief of all people who love fairness and justice. But George Zimmerman has his own conscience to reckon with
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Fifty years ago, three seminal events – a standoff with Alabama's governor, a presidential speech and the murder of Medgar Evers – left an indelible mark on American history, writes Gary Younge
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Memphis, new 'warts and all' biopic by British director Paul Greengrass, will focus on last days of civil rights leader's life
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From the Guardian archive From the archive, 24 May 1961: Martin Luther King unmoved by death threats
Originally published in the Guardian on 24 May 1961: White supremacists target Baptist minister for demanding end to racial segregation
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Gary Younge on Martin Luther King's famous speech and a time of great hope in the fight against racial inequality
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Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, Tariq Ali recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a student
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Gary Younge: In death Margaret Thatcher has caused further division. The left has failed to convince enough people of the alternatives
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Previously unseen footage from 1968 shows the assassin of Martin Luther King being read his rights on a flight back from Canada, where he was caught, and bundled through custodial procedures back in Shelby county, Tennessee
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Amy Goodman: Martin Luther King is justly celebrated for civil rights leadership, but it was Rosa Parks' protest that pricked America's conscience
Remembering my time at the 1963 March on Washington