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How radical was Martin Luther King?
History & The Arts

How radical was Martin Luther King?

...world over.” He angered crucial allies. King and President Lyndon Johnson, for example, had been allies in achieving significant legislative victories in 1964 and 1965. Johnson’s “Great Society” launched a series of initiatives to address issues of poverty at home. But beginning in 1965, after the Johnson administration increased the number of U.S. troops deployed...
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...world as a pioneer of the freedom of movement. In comparison, Williams’ story has largely been erased from history. His insistence that black people bear arms in order to defend themselves against violent racism led to his falling out of favour with the national leadership of the NAACP. On the run from the FBI between 1961 and 1969, Williams found himself in exile at...
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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...world of work, beginning in the Department of Transport and Harbours before joining the civil service in the Housing and Planning Authority. Here she took on the role of Women’s Housing Officer, interviewing families, and investigating and recording the conditions in the slum areas. This was part of a town planning programme to replace slum dwellings with better...
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People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...world becomes increasingly harder to make sense of. Singing in a group provides a social outlet for women and men living with the condition and their partners (or other family members). Making music can also help people come to terms with the diagnosis and cope with their condition (Osman et al, 2014). In turn, music can provide comfort and help them maintain a sense of...
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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...world. It could be argued that playful thinking is visible in a design such as that of the ‘Gherkin’ skyscraper in London, designed by Norman Foster and Ken Shuttleworth and later nicknamed the ‘Gherkin’ because of its unique shape. [Described image] Figure 3 A number of children in Nicholson et al.’s (2014) study suggested that adults do not play enough....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...world does it create? These topics, and others, will be explored in this course. We then look at wired and wireless communication technologies, introducing you to some of the key methods currently in use. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...IT: device to device communication: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...world perhaps more painful than it need be, and certainly more sinful. Yet there were the gray steeples too, and the churchyards, with their grassy mounds and venerable headstones, sleeping in the sunlight; there were broad fields and homesteads, and fine old woods covering a rising ground, or stretching far by the roadside, allowing only peeps at the park and mansion...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...world examples’, Appinventiv. Available at: https://appinventiv.com/blog/ai-in-sports/. Bridgeman, J. and Giraldez-Hayes, A. (2024) ‘Using artificial intelligence-enhanced video feedback for reflective practice in coach development: benefits and potential drawbacks’, Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 17(1), pp. 32–49. Couzens, A....
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