McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the

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Growing list of those born or died on April 4 in any year

Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place released in 2011

He wrote One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest wherein he reinforces negative stereotypes of Black People which were omitted from the later film starring the racist Jack Nicholson.

So I rated it 1.

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Nas: Time Is Illmatic released in 2014

DR. WEST: Historically speaking, you gotta keep in mind the GI Bill was a bill in which persons had access to education, credit, they gained access to houses,

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This is an excellent documentary about integrating a Mississippi school, from the perspective of the students themselves.

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Fuck off,Stephen A.

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Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

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