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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preaching. MLK preaches each Sunday at Ebenezer church, Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
The Black Panthers Rise. Jackson, Mississippi. Rally at the end of James Meredit's march.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Voting for the first time. Marion County Alabama. Blacks vote for the first time.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Rifle parked outside voting place. Greene County, Alabama. The first voting day after civil rights bill passed.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Freedom schools showed what ballots look like. Older blacks get acquainted with a ballot to vote.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Dr. King encourages blacks to register. In Greene County, Alabama, Martin Luther King spoke to get blacks to vote.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Philadelphia, Mississippi March. Side march, by Martin Luther King to Philadelphia, Mississippi, where three civil rights workers were murdered.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Police and Sheriff Deputies line. Selma, Alabama, the line of police authorities facing marchers.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Rain or shine. Marchers wait to march. Selma, Alabama. For ten days marchers waited to march to Montgomery, Alabama.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Civil Rights Movement
Marcher's Praying. Selma, Alabama, the second attempt to march to Montgomery.