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  Gloria Steinem - Women's Liberation (1:13)

Gloria Steinem - Women's Liberation
Watch a short video about Gloria Steinem and uncover what this journalist did to fight for women's rights.
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  Sojourner Truth - Abolitionist and Feminist (1:58)

Sojourner Truth - Abolitionist and Feminist
Sojourner Truth not only was an advocate for the rights of African Americans, but she also stood up for woman's equality.
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  Madam C.J. Walker - Successful Business Woman (1:44)

Madam C.J. Walker - Successful Business Woman
Madam C.J. Walker’s great-great granddaughter and biographer A’lelia Bundles speaks about how Madam Walker became a powerful entrepreneur in a male-dominated business world and her passion for training other women to become successful too.
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  Ida B. Wells - Women's Rights (1:26)

Ida B. Wells - Women's Rights
Ida B. Wells biographer Mia Bay describes Wells as a "natural-born feminist" who inspired other women to become activists, support the suffrage movement and influence change in the country.
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  Ida B. Wells - Civil Rights Pioneer (1:48)

Ida B. Wells - Civil Rights Pioneer
On May 4, 1884, 71 years before Rosa Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat on a train, fueling her impassioned fight for equal rights.
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  A. Philip Randolph - Civil Rights Pioneer (2:21)

A. Philip Randolph - Civil Rights Pioneer
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, speaks about the pioneering role labor leader and activist A. Philip Randolph played in the American Civil Rights movement.
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  Forest Whitaker - Inspired by Martin Luther King (1:12)

Forest Whitaker - Inspired by Martin Luther King
Actor Forest Whitaker recounts the importance of Martin Luther King’s legacy and his personal feelings about the civil rights activist.
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  Martin Luther King III - On his Father's Legacy (1:26)

Martin Luther King III - On his Father's Legacy
Martin Luther King III remembers his father and how his love transformed America.
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  Tom Brokaw - On MLK's Legacy (1:49)

Tom Brokaw - On MLK's Legacy
Tom Brokaw describes the work of Martin Luther King Jr and his memories of Dr. King's assassination.
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  Bill Clinton - On MLK's Legacy (1:43)

Bill Clinton - On MLK's Legacy
Bill Clinton talks about MLK's influence on America and how his non-violent principles advanced the Civil Rights Movement.
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  Thurgood Marshall - NAACP Legal Defense Fund (0:00)

Thurgood Marshall - NAACP Legal Defense Fund
In 1939, Thurgood Marshall was chosen to be the Director of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund. He worked to show the African American community that the law could work for them, not against them.
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  Ruby Bridges - Norman Rockwell Painting at the White House (1:37)

Ruby Bridges - Norman Rockwell Painting at the White House
Ruby Bridges visited President Barack Obama to see Norman Rockwell's painting hanging outside of the Oval Office. The painting depicts her walk to school on the day of school integration in New Orleans. Video courtesy of the White House.
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  Thurgood Marshall - Mini Biography (2:13)

Thurgood Marshall - Mini Biography
Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve on the United States Supreme Court. He was also one of the most effective Civil Rights crusaders of the 20th Century.
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  Martin Luther King - Mini Biography (4:39)

Martin Luther King - Mini Biography
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is widely considered the most influential leader of the American civil rights movement. He fought to overturn Jim Crow segregation laws and eliminate social and economic differences between blacks and whites.
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  Medgar Evers - Mini Biography (4:01)

Medgar Evers - Mini Biography
A short biography of Medgar Evers, a Civil Rights activist who fought for racial integration and worked for the NAACP before being murdered in 1963 at the age of 38.
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