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The civil rights movement: everything you wanted to know

The civil rights movement: everything you wanted to know

Kevin Gaines responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the American civil rights movement

American civil rights leader Martin Luther King

Published: June 14, 2020 at 12:05 PM

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In the latest of our series tackling the big questions on major historical topics, historian Kevin Gaines responds to listener queries and popular search enquiries about the American civil rights movement

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