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Article: 1968 and Beyond: Symposium to Focus on the Impact of Black Power Movement on America.
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- March 27, 2009
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Two-Day Symposium to Feature Civil Rights, Political and Art Luminaries
WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sponsored by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), "1968 and Beyond: A Symposium on the Impact of the Black Power Movement on America" will examine what African-American history scholar and Brandeis University professor Dr. Peniel E. Joseph calls "the classical period" of the civil rights movement by placing it in the broader context of American and African-American history.
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ushered in a new era in the civil rights movement. Buoyed by the slain leader's ...