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British musician (1940–1980)
The racial slur "nigger" is primarily used to refer to Black people and has been recorded as a derogatory epithet since at least the 18th–19th centuries; dictionaries and historical studies frame it a...
The Beatles moved rock from clubs and theatres into sports arenas in mid‑1960s America, most famously headlining Shea Stadium in New York on August 15, 1965 before returning to large open‑air stadiums...
The Beatles included a desegregation clause in U.S. concert contracts during their 1964–1965 tours, explicitly refusing to perform before segregated audiences; this stance is documented in multiple co...
John Lennon did not coin the term Scholarly summaries and recent histories trace the phrase and concept to the mid-19th century and to multiple socialist thinkers and movements, with documented uses b...
Nixon’s “Enemies List” began as a 20-name memo in September 1971 and was later expanded into a master “Opponents” roster of roughly 200–220 people and organizations; its stated aim was to “use the ava...