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300 | Thomas E. Ricks: How the Civil Rights Movement Waged a "Good War"

The Realignment

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The January 6th Committee Is Trying to Save American Democracy

Before Freedom Summer, 9% of voting age blacks in Mississippi voted. By 1968, 57% voted. The January 6th Committee now, led by many Thompson of Mississippi, is trying to save American democracy. People like Amsey Moore, Bob Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer were trying to bring democracy to Mississippi.

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