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10 fascinating facts about the “I Have A Dream” speech

by NCC Staff

It was on this day in 1963 that Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech as part of the March on…

10 fascinating facts about the “I Have A Dream” speech
On this day, the Seneca Falls Convention begins

by NCC Staff

On July 19, 1848, the first women's rights convention in the United States began at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.

On this day, the Seneca Falls Convention begins
When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action

by NCC Staff

On June 28, 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, laying the groundwork for…

When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action
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