Martin Luther King, Jr: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the World |
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merchants to hire Negro sales clerks and to open lunch counters , and indirectly to exert pressure on city officials to abolish segregation laws . This move , like many others that followed , was not well thought - out .
merchants to hire Negro sales clerks and to open lunch counters , and indirectly to exert pressure on city officials to abolish segregation laws . This move , like many others that followed , was not well thought - out .
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state laws compelling segregation in education , housing , and transportation , a summary of Southern failures to comply with federal laws and court rulings against segregation , and a discussion of the President's power and duty to ...
state laws compelling segregation in education , housing , and transportation , a summary of Southern failures to comply with federal laws and court rulings against segregation , and a discussion of the President's power and duty to ...
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“ Albany has become a symbol of segregation's last stand , " wrote King from his jail cell in his People in Action column , " almost by chance . The ferment of a hundred years ' frustration has come to the fore .
“ Albany has become a symbol of segregation's last stand , " wrote King from his jail cell in his People in Action column , " almost by chance . The ferment of a hundred years ' frustration has come to the fore .
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1 AS THE TWIG IS BENT | 1 |
2 A PILGRIMAGE WITH GOD | 15 |
3 THE CALL TO GREATNESS | 30 |
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