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    Kotz and Wilkins on Civil Rights
    Kotz and Wilkins on Civil Rights
    Kotz and Wilkins on Civil Rights
    Audiobook10 minutes

    Kotz and Wilkins on Civil Rights

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    To mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Jeffrey Brown speaks with civil rights author Nick Kotz and Roger Wilkins, history professor at George Mason University.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateJan 17, 2005
    ISBN9781987104837
    Kotz and Wilkins on Civil Rights

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