Forty years ago, President John F. ... In 1976, the House Select Committee on Assassinations undertook reinvestigations of the murders of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr To the House committee, this came as a huge shock. ... Over the years, however, there has been steady progress in the search for the truth about the murder of John F. ...

• Word Count: 991
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The fight for equality hadn't been recognized as a critical issue until John F. Kennedy's election to office in 1960, when he freed Martin Luther King, a major influential figure in civil rights. ...

• Word Count: 642
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In the 1950's there began a mass movement to break the pattern of racially segregated public facilities in the South. It took part in non-violent actions and was called the Civil Rights Movement. At the time segregation of whites and blacks was legal, as part of the governments "separate but equal...

• Word Count: 2301
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate