Tag: Martin Luther King

  • The Civil Rights Movement and Its Anti-Communist Opponents

    The Civil Rights Movement and Its Anti-Communist Opponents

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    The 1950s-1960s civil rights movement drew widespread opposition that frequently called Martin Luther King, Jr. and other activists as “communists,” as this John Birch Society card shows. It’s numbered CR2. There just had to be a CR1. It took years to find, and here’s its story.

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Richard Martorelli
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Mail-at-Sea has always been a fascinating topic. Today, so much of what happens at the post office seems so routine, but a century ago it took an International Postal Union to sort out the differences between countries, passenger services, and even job descriptions. Bon voyage!

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