Archive for February 21st, 2011

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Signs carried by striking Memphis sanitation workers in 1968 and photographed by Ernest Withers are now historic artifacts.
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Uncovering the hidden archives of the civil rights movement

Hero or traitor? Ernest Withers’ lens captured pivotal moments in civil rights history. Now, FBI documents expose a darker angle. Soledad O’Brien investigates in “Pictures Don’t Lie,” an In America special, at 8 p.m. ET February 20. (CNN) – The hard-won fight for civil rights could go down as one of the most thoroughly archived periods [...]