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The Civil Rights Movement: A Year of Progress and Struggle
How the civil rights movement stood in 1967: Loving v. Virginia, Thurgood Marshall's appointment, the turn toward Black Power and a summer of urban unrest.
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Civil Rights and Unrest
Race, poverty and violence in America in and around 1967.
Loving v. Virginia
The unanimous Supreme Court decision of 12 June 1967 that struck down state bans on interracial marriage, and the Virginia couple whose case brought it about.
The 1967 Detroit Riots: A Tumultuous Time in American History
The Detroit unrest of July 1967: the police raid that began it, five days of violence, the Guard and paratroopers, the casualties and how it compared with Newark.
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr: A Turning Point in History
King was killed in Memphis on 4 April 1968, not 1967. This article covers his 1967 turn toward poverty and the war, then the killing and the riots that followed.
The Assassination of Robert Kennedy: A Nation in Mourning
Robert Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles in June 1968, not 1967. This article covers his 1967 stance on Vietnam and poverty, his 1968 campaign and his death.
The First Black Panther Party Meeting: A Call to Action
The Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland in October 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Its Ten-Point Program, armed patrols and the events of 1967.
The Newark Riot of July 1967
Six days of unrest in Newark, New Jersey in July 1967: the arrest that triggered it, the underlying grievances, the Guard and state police, and the toll.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: A 1960s Perspective
The history of SNCC from the 1960 sit-ins and Freedom Summer to its shift toward Black Power under Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown in 1966 and 1967.
The War on Poverty: A 1967 Initiative to Address Inequality
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty began in 1964, not 1967. This article covers its programmes, how they fared through 1967 and the long debate over results.
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