todayonscreen , to histodons group
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, June 19, 1964, having survived a 60-day filibuster, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the US Senate, a milestone in the struggle to extend civil, political, and legal rights and protections to African Americans and to end segregation (depicted in All The Way, 2016)

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House. "Well, nothing in this country will ever change until Negroes can vote."
A close up of a document, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

csolisr ,
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@todayonscreen And this was exactly 99 years to the day from the abolition proclamation of .

phaedral ,
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@todayonscreen @histodons But let's celebrate the "texas holdout story" for Juneteenth.

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On this day in 1984, Bruce Springsteen released “Born in the USA” - a gruff patriotic ballad that was entirely misunderstood by President Ronald Reagan (but Donald Trump is no fan)
https://theconversation.com/born-in-the-usa-turns-40-and-still-remains-one-of-bruce-springsteens-most-misunderstood-songs-228348
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Dataless ,
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@TheConversationUS @histodons Trump May be no fan of Springsteen, but he still used Born in the USA at his rallies, as a racist attack on Barack Obama.

This is not misunderstanding, and the article is far, far too charitable. Conservatives don’t misunderstand art. They dont even try to understand art. They use art as a bludgeon to further their own message, regardless of the art’s meaning. Like they do with all forms of communication.

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