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Several of the women who influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and left their own marks on the civil rights movement. A new documentary tracking the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent Black activists, using documentation recently released by the National Archives. And a run-down of the many ways this week’s US Presidential Inauguration will differ from years past.

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From Coretta Scott King to Ella Baker: These women's ideas were key to MLK's work (NBC News)
Documentary Exposes How The FBI Tried To Destroy MLK With Wiretaps, Blackmail (NPR)
When the FBI Spied on MLK (The Atlantic)
The FBI and Martin Luther King (The Atlantic)
The Filmmaker as Historian: Sam Pollard and ‘MLK/FBI’ (NY Times)
How LA's Amanda Gorman became Biden's inauguration poet (LA Times)
Inauguration Playlist (Biden Inaugural, Twitter)
What Time Does The Inauguration Start? And What Else To Know : Biden Transition Updates (NPR)
Inauguration Guide: Schedule of Events, Performances and How to Watch (Wall Street Journal)
Inauguration Schedule (Biden Inaugural)
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