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The Hero Myth
March 10, 1997
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Thomas Jefferson
How a slaveholder and ideologue was also a great democrat.
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March 6, 1995
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The unreal world of Cornel West
May 13, 1991
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Ol' Blue Lips
March 9, 1987
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The King to Come
The holiday and the future racial agenda
July 1, 1985
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January 30, 1984
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Celebrating Dr. King’s Birthday
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A Moral Revolutionary
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November 4, 1978
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Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
July 20, 1974
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"What Shall Become of His Dreams?"
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A strategy for winning economic rights

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