An LBJ Press Conference – May 30, 1968
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Category: Protest Movements
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American Thinking On Crime – 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player: When the findings of the Johnson Administration’s Commission On Crime In America was released in 1967, it didn’t come as much surprise to most people. In 1967, America was becoming an increasingly violent country. With a dramatic rise in Urban
Death In Memphis – Day Of Rage – April 4-5,1968
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No Knight – No Magic Wand: An Interview With Barbara Jordan -1975 – Past Daily Reference Room
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File Under: Best Bib And Tucker – March 8, 1947
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 8, 1947 As a more-or-less companion to my post yesterday, which featured news from March 7th as presented by Radio Moscow, here is the U.S. take on the Foreign Ministers Conference, which was about to get underway in Moscow.