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On May 14 , when the Greyhound bus arrived in Anniston , Alabama , an angry white mob armed with iron bars smashed windows , puncutred tires , and hurled an incendiary bomb that set the bus on fire . Some of the freedom riders were ...
On May 14 , when the Greyhound bus arrived in Anniston , Alabama , an angry white mob armed with iron bars smashed windows , puncutred tires , and hurled an incendiary bomb that set the bus on fire . Some of the freedom riders were ...
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The freedom riders arrived there on the morning of May 20. The Ku Klux Klan had heralded their arrival , and its adherents turned out in full force . The surly mob numbered about 300. Freedom riders were mauled , kicked , and slugged as ...
The freedom riders arrived there on the morning of May 20. The Ku Klux Klan had heralded their arrival , and its adherents turned out in full force . The surly mob numbered about 300. Freedom riders were mauled , kicked , and slugged as ...
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Milton Reid , secretary of the state SCLC , arrived “ to appraise the situation and to advise Dr. King of what ... Local leaders , both Dunlap and Chase among them now , hoped that Martin Luther King would soon arrive and lead them to ...
Milton Reid , secretary of the state SCLC , arrived “ to appraise the situation and to advise Dr. King of what ... Local leaders , both Dunlap and Chase among them now , hoped that Martin Luther King would soon arrive and lead them to ...
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Contents
1 AS THE TWIG IS BENT | 1 |
2 A PILGRIMAGE WITH GOD | 15 |
3 THE CALL TO GREATNESS | 30 |
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| Title | Martin Luther King, Jr: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the World |
| Author | William Robert Miller |
| Publisher | Weybright and Talley, 1968 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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