King: A Critical BiographyPraeger, 1970 - 460 pages |
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... civil rights legislation , em- powering the federal government to bring suits on behalf of Negroes denied their civil rights , be enacted into law . 6. That Congress pass the " federal registrar " plan of the Presi- dent's Civil Rights ...
... civil rights legislation , em- powering the federal government to bring suits on behalf of Negroes denied their civil rights , be enacted into law . 6. That Congress pass the " federal registrar " plan of the Presi- dent's Civil Rights ...
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... civil rights militants and propitiated the city fathers into adopting an increasingly enlightened policy of gradual com- pliance with federal law . By the time the 1964 Civil Rights Bill became law , Atlanta was able to take the step to ...
... civil rights militants and propitiated the city fathers into adopting an increasingly enlightened policy of gradual com- pliance with federal law . By the time the 1964 Civil Rights Bill became law , Atlanta was able to take the step to ...
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... civil rights organizations , including Martin . Their collective press statement asked for the immediate passage of civil rights legislation as a testa- ment to the slain President . The response from the White House surprised and ...
... civil rights organizations , including Martin . Their collective press statement asked for the immediate passage of civil rights legislation as a testa- ment to the slain President . The response from the White House surprised and ...
Contents
and White | 140 |
BirminghamNonviolence in Black Violence | 171 |
The Strength of a Dream | 210 |
Copyright | |
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