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The 1958 Assassination Attempt That Left Martin Luther King Jr. a Single Sneeze Away From Death

Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles circa 1965.

The 1958 Assassination Attempt That Left Martin Luther King Jr. a Single Sneeze Away From Death

Take a Stand for Causes You Support With the Help of Conscious Step Socks

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Take a Stand for Causes You Support With the Help of Conscious Step Socks

How Martin Luther King Jr. Kept Star Trek Flying High

Martin Luther King photographed in 1964.

How Martin Luther King Jr. Kept Star Trek Flying High

What's Open and What's Closed on Martin Luther King Day 2021

Rowland Scherman, Wikimedia Commons // CC0

What's Open and What's Closed on Martin Luther King Day 2021

65 Years Later: 10 Fascinating Facts About the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on February 22, 1956, by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery bus boycott.

65 Years Ago, a Bus Driver Had Rosa Parks Arrested. It Wasn't Their First Encounter.

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November Is Native American Heritage Month—Here Are 5 Things to Know

In 1914, Red Fox James rode from Montana to the White House to champion a celebration of America's indigenous peoples.

Shirley Chisholm’s History-Making 1972 Presidential Campaign Is the Subject of a New Movie Starring Danai Gurira

Shirley Chisholm speaks at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Alice Walker

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Jimi Hendrix’s Connection to Hogan's Alley—Vancouver's Lost Black Neighborhood

Marjut Valakivi, Public Domain // Wikimedia Commons

Mattel Just Added a Susan B. Anthony Barbie to Its 'Inspiring Women' Series

Susan B. Anthony would definitely be voting in this year's election.

Duolingo’s Free Virtual Convention Will Cover How “Black Languages Matter” and More

Classrooms are especially important places to embrace language variations.

Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: What’s the Difference?

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Take Two: When Kim Jong-il Raised North Korea's World Cinema Profile By Kidnapping Two South Korean Stars

Kim Jong-Il, Choi Eun-hie, and Shin Sang-ok in a scene from Ross Adam and Robert Cannan's The Lovers & the Despot (2016).

What Happens to the Racist Statues and Monuments That Are Removed? Many Find Their Way to Germany’s Citadel Museum

A fallen statue of Lenin next to the Mogoşoaia Palace.

Meet Nina Chhita, the Artist Celebrating Diverse Female Scientists With Her Instagram Illustrations

Kenya's Wangari Maathai isn't a household name, but she should be.