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Civil rights
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When the North exploded: 50 years since the “Battle of the Bogside”
By Kevin Henry For many, August 1969 was the month that saw the real beginning of the Troubles…
October 1968 – Mass revolt against sectarianism & poverty
By Ciaran Mulholland In a few brief months in late 1968, a mass movement challenged the Unionist government…
Aretha Franklin: A powerful voice for liberation
By Adam Dudley In 1947, five-year-old Aretha was one of the five million black Americans who migrated from…
