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In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. American Politics Would Never Be the Same.
Politico· 4 months agoWARREN, Michigan — On the night of June 13, 1967, Mary Killeen woke from a fitful sleep to see a tank rumbling down her street. A phalanx of a dozen or so police in riot gear marched alongside ...
The Ambitions of the Civil Rights Movement Went Far Beyond Affirmative Action
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. (fourth from left), A. Philip Randolph (second from right), and other civil...
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz Would Like a Word With the FBI
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the Monkees launched their inaugural tour in 1967, they played to throngs of screaming...
Local history: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was guest at Boston Heights hotel
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBoston Heights played an unexpected role in civil rights history. The predominantly white village in...
York mayor’s solution to drought in 1960s? Call the rainmaker.
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA mid-1960s drought parched water users in York County and its region. By September 1966, York...
Here’s Everything New on Amazon Prime Video in September 2023
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA brand new “The Boys” spinoff series, the second season of “Wheel of Time” and football highlight a...
John Lennon: "Somebody let off a firecracker onstage and every one of us looked at each other,...
MusicRadar via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Beatles at Candlestick Park, their final live performance At 9:27pm on 29 August 1966, the four...
New on Prime Video — 5 new shows and movies to watch in September 2023
Tom's Guide via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoThe Wheel of Time season 2 poster Need something to watch? Check out what's new on Prime Video....
Armed with rifles, a ‘mudroots’ Detroit group wards off crime
Yahoo News· 1 year agoRather than being threatening, New Era Detroit’s open display of guns — broadly legal in Michigan —...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Martin Luther King Jr. leads ‘the first significant freedom movement in the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s name first appeared in the Chicago Tribune in early 1956, for his leadership of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. “We must use the weapon of love. ... We ...