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Some also consider Broadway which runs from downtown Manhattan through the Bronx and Westchester to have been a desire line. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Historical

Simplified: Some consider Broadway to have been a desire line

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Broadway was originally the Wickquasgeck trail a path carved by Native Americans. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Historical

Simplified: Broadway was originally Wickquasgeck trail a path carved by Native Americans

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White supremacists have for centuries depicted people of African ancestry as monkeys or apes as part of campaigns to dehumanize and dominate Black populations. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Historical , Social

Simplified: White supremacists have for centuries depicted people of African ancestry as monkeys or apes to dehumanize and dominate Black populations

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The roots of the city’s wildlife crossing trace back to the 1980s, when wildlife advocates at the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy realized the need for habitat connectivity. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environmental , Historical

Simplified: The roots of the city's wildlife crossing trace back to the 1980s

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The project broke ground on Earth Day in 2022, at the only location in the region with enough protected land on both sides. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environmental , Historical

Simplified: The project broke ground on Earth Day in 2022

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Bounty hunting in North America began as early as the 1600s, according to the National Park Service, and continued until the 1960s. 1.000

👤 National Park Service 📋 News Article 🏷️ Historical , Animal Welfare

Simplified: Bounty hunting in North America began as early as 1600s according to National Park Service and continued until 1960s

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As the NAACP reaches its 117th anniversary—coinciding with a century of Black history commemorations and the nation’s semiquincentennial—Johnson told me he believes “we are in a setback,” but also “at... 0.950

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Simplified: The NAACP reaches its 117th anniversary

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Johnson—the interim president and then-head of its Mississippi conference—was elected to the role. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Historical , Organizational

Simplified: Johnson was elected to role

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The NAACP even played a pivotal role in planning the 1963 March on Washington. 0.950

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Simplified: NAACP played pivotal role in planning 1963 March on Washington

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The NAACP dismissed its 18th president in May of 2017. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Historical , Organizational

Simplified: NAACP dismissed its 18th president in May of 2017

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The NAACP of the 1950s and ’60s—after leading the charge against segregation in the 1954 landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education—paired its winning legal strategy with support for nonvi... 0.950

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Simplified: NAACP of 1950s and 60s paired winning legal strategy with support for nonviolent direct action

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The organization struggled with the departure of its longtime executive director Roy Wilkins, declining youth membership, and financial challenges. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Organization , Historical

Simplified: Organization struggled with departure of longtime executive director Roy Wilkins declining youth membership and financial challenges

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The NAACP focused on less confrontational strategies until the emergence of Black Lives Matter in the 2010s—and Trump’s election—threw the organization into a new period of uncertainty. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Organization , Historical

Simplified: NAACP focused on less confrontational strategies until emergence of Black Lives Matter and Trump's election threw organization into new period of unce...

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The NAACP provided legal aid to Black Alabamians boycotting segregated buses in Montgomery, and years later, to students protesting discrimination at lunch counters across the South. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Organization , Historical

Simplified: NAACP provided legal aid to Black Alabamians boycotting segregated buses in Montgomery and students protesting discrimination at lunch counters across...

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King cautioned that “the guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive.” 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: King cautioned guardians of status quo are always on hand to keep old order alive

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The civil rights gains fought for in the ’60s are under siege. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: Civil rights gains fought for in 60s are under siege

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Black Americans’ struggle for racial justice would lead to major victories from the workplace to the ballot box. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: Black Americans struggle for racial justice would lead to major victories

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Martin Luther King, Jr. took the stage at the NAACP’s 47th annual convention in San Francisco. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: Martin Luther King Jr took stage at NAACP's 47th annual convention in San Francisco

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It was a jarring change from the past, when lawmakers were reluctant to seem like they were giving up for even a moment before time ran out for a deal. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: It was jarring change from past when lawmakers were reluctant to seem like they were giving up before time ran out for deal

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That meeting has become synonymous with historical debates over what can go wrong when great powers carve up the world, smaller powers suffer the consequences and free people find themselves cast unde... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Historical

Simplified: The Yalta meeting has become synonymous with historical debates over what can go wrong when great powers carve up the world smaller powers suffer cons...

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