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August 2013
August 2013
Articles from the August 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine
20th Century
“I Have A Dream”: the speech that America couldn’t ignore
20th Century
The great British civil rights scandal: the Bristol bus boycott
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The downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Moving to medieval England
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Johnnie Walker: U-boat hunter in the Second World War
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Q&A: When and where was the trebuchet invented?