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How might the Civil Rights Movement looked different with women at the forefront?

NPR
Published August 25, 2023 at 9:40 AM EDT
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/File)
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/File)

Historian Ashley Farmer joins host Celeste Headlee to discuss how different the March on Washington might have sounded if the women who led the civil rights movement were allowed to speak.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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