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National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008 WebsiteNational Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008 Website
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National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008

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An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and the early 21st centuries, and the continued backlash against civil rights.

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affirmative action, barack obama

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ethnic studies, "wealth gap", afro-american studies programs, black power, civil rights act, congressional black caucus, increased push for civil rights, shirley chisholm, harsh drug laws, reactions to civil rights

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