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1. Brown v. Board : five communities that changed America

Date of Original:: 2003/2018
Collection:: Teaching with Historic Places
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Park Service

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Separate is not equal : Brown v. Board of Education

Date of Original:: 1954
Contributing Institution:: National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)
National Museum of American History (U.S.)

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

Date of Original:: 1929/2007
Contributing Institution:: Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

4. Chicago's black metropolis : understanding history through a historic place

Date of Original:: 1900/1929
Collection:: Teaching with Historic Places
Contributing Institution:: United States. National Park Service

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Living the story : the Civil Rights movement in Kentucky

Date of Original:: 1792/1996
Contributing Institution:: Kentucky Educational Television