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Collects the text and audio recordings of famous African American political speeches, by individuals ranging from Malcolm X to Barack Obama - call number 973.0496073 S2741.

Thousands of digital movies that range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many are available for free download.

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"On April 8-10, 2014, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin Texas, hosted a Civil Rights Summit to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Summit, comprised of afternoon panel discussions followed by evening keynote addresses, reflected on the seminal nature of the civil rights legislation passed by President Johnson while examining civil rights issues in America and around the world today." -- Website

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