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    11 months before his assassination, MLK talks 'new phase' of civil rights struggle

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  • Extended interview: MLK assassination witness speaks out 50 years later

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  • Extended Interview: Civil rights leader Andrew Young on 50th anniversary of MLK assassination

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  • How the lynching of a 14-year-old boy sparked a movement

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  • Rare footage shows MLK planning Montgomery bus boycott

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  • Civil rights movement gets a boost from TV news

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  • 2017’s Charlottesville rally echoes Ole Miss riot of ‘62

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  • Analyzing MLK’s media strategy

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  • MLK’s March on Washington transforms a movement

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  • Remembering America’s Bloody Sunday

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  • Before Black Lives Matter, there was Black Power

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  • The lasting impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King

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  • Rev. Jesse Jackson returns to spot where MLK was shot to honor him on 50th anniversary

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. remembered 50 years after his death

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  • Daughter of MLK reflects on his life and impact

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  • Rep. Lewis on MLK: 'I lost a big brother'

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  • Martin Luther King assassination witness talks to Lester Holt

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  • On 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, Tom Brokaw looks back

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  • See an exclusive first look at a new exhibit highlighting MLK’s legacy

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  • Students demonstrating for change at March for Our Lives echo past movements

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The lasting impact of the Mississippi murders of 1964

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In the summer of 1964, three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered in Mississippi. The slayings shocked the nation and helped initiate the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.