HOW THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT IGNITED A BATTLE OVER BEAUTY, RACE AND POWER

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Historian Micki McElya revisits one September afternoon in 1968, Atlantic City, when the Miss America pageant collided with a changing country. Her new book is Liberation Summer.

NPR Topics: Culture reports that historian Micki McElya revisits one September afternoon in 1968, Atlantic City, when the Miss America pageant collided with a changing country.

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