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This week in history: Saugus Iron Works, 50 years a National Historic Site
April 3, 2018On April 5, 1968, the Saugus Iron Works was added to the National Park Service system and renamed the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site.
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At IAM2018, King’s legacy is civil rights and labor action
April 2, 2018“This work is important not just in the history of the civil rights movement, but in the world,” declared Mayor Jim Strickland in an opening remark.
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‘The Americans’ returns with the cathartic ‘Dead Hand’
April 2, 2018During the 1980s, the Soviet Union steadily lost ground against the United States economically, in large part due to the disparity in military spending. The U.S. spent lavishly to maintain and expand military bases along the...
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I AM 2018 conference opens in Memphis 50 years after King
April 2, 2018Join People's World here in Memphis where people are not just remembering the dream of Dr. King but renewing the fight to achieve that dream.
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Fifty years after Memphis, sanitation workers still struggle
March 29, 2018People's World to join tens of thousands in Memphis to commemorate Dr. King and to promote today's ongoing struggle to achieve his dream.
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