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June 11, 1963: The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door

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June 10, 2025

They came not with violence but with the law—federal agents, marshals, and the force of a constitutional order long delayed. And yet, standing rigid before the arch of Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Governor George Wallace conjured a spectacle of resistance that had been…

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June 10, 1964: The Senate Breaks A Filibuster

by Editor
June 9, 2025

In the spring of 1964, the United States Senate found itself in the throes of a historic struggle. For 75 grueling days, a filibuster, the longest in Senate history, had paralyzed the chamber, blocking the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Southern senators, determined…

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May 4th, 1961: The Freedom Riders Take Their Trip

by Editor
May 3, 2025

On May 4th, 1961, one of the most important campaigns in the Civil Rights Movement began with a simple bus ride. The Freedom Rides, a series of audacious bus trips through the segregated South, were orchestrated with a singular purpose: to challenge the legality of segregated…

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U.S. History

September 4, 1957: Nine Students Change Their School Forever

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September 3, 2024

On September 4, 1957, nine students tried to attend their new school for the first time and participated in one of the significant events of the Civil Rights Movement. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School in Little…

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