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    The NAACP Legal Defense Fund

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    Stepping Forward: The Fight for College Integration

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    The Shelleys & the Right to Fair Housing

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    Ethel Payne: First Lady of the Black Press

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    Rachel Carson’s Fight for the Environment

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