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American Civil Rights Primary Sources Phillis Engelbert Ign rar om he ag 2h 9 mach | Ente wi ume amet ay comer ‘Brine aad es, hed wena Sources mk Bag 3 AL SOSH Anan sf Pgh PsN, YT mn ng fn ta Nw i ss ce gt: eof on af ten ‘Serafin es mai ay New singe PE ya he Gt Moe Wee ns wg a fo i i, Doria ea sete Martin Luther King Jr. “rom smn as eee ng the decd tnowo ate el igh ogy rom 188810 1968, hunted of taaands of People emanated sce te ci ig of kan Ameen [esate was the oUt vote the ihe to atend tated ‘hoo an the edo abn hosing in any ood a emplonment nay prfeson- Ci igh a Wore fora et he on Caw ter he eg ion and scl customs tat eed the seption of te ‘hes tevey lel oft). Thet no ne peo me ‘See mrt innate ang as mens yes and the ne pastor of Monsgomery, Aibues Dexter Avene Bape Chath ‘tee ak mvenent i oy (My, Sng nd he 43 dlone bs Dect 185 ad ‘peng ga nol pono tory oe aso withe cng ‘ara va ha shor abysmeart i (ia eto sone eer fe fee CLC} eel gs ogni Tis enh in 198" nih apy, Agel gis Sach {om that al forte separation of ‘ac a voing hs a rouhoat {he oath Thowph spews and Sd oat nope ing the Gebngbe movement documents in 196, dung the Bin Inpiom cl en ampaig td te Mich on Whig for Jo ane Freon expect The poor ‘e_Bumingbam cpa, hich Semin ap wander songs, ms “poaty the ment trghsegepe y Aer fw ws of bret of ected oon St reache bern Sethe andy eee tht rome {nnd the mpeaton ot donno tons ad the Stolen enn ad sis potion The it} owe Si ot come whoa a ary pe. Tvs of Bing bam afear Areca sedent young and OX ake houedteatngs ngs, ths by poe ogy ad Bla In Je 196, epost tat sunaersnametos to sight desea nd pays of ny apie {he demonstrat, Present fon F kennedy 0917965) Fropeed seeping cv ite Tt i which wae [ied ino ow oe artery Pst don Batson {iSe-197) ate 196 igh eprom ane seargaton ofa pubic scommatation, anda shore To canons poplar supp fr he pope etn nha ei Ay 28 ok Things to remember while reading “Letter from Birmingham City Jil” and “I Have Dream: * Rig ete om Bingham iy Jo Feding 3 much othe ming ya ei ‘ond on spi 20, + King wei open ten expense tl page ane ‘retin theo pope hereto Den white our ender ced tect ears ‘ey mardi Thee" ‘Stee menue fe cea) in amiga” Ee Sew pe” dened ts newly lee tyes ty cuncl rene cy tn he ct ay sd ta he ce ihe ats ed to see Me Coes ‘dete Ege “bul Connor, Baminghan cry ‘ht an eles pc commision ma oped oat eo ferme pat most i ‘Connor te SCLC weed ul bon hd mone Sel bganing Reming commie. hcniya mec tae, ith oma erp on ee “1 Kng wet ister, we 9a 650 wor or fo etna tmnt oo al To ert ‘unl cred 2 pomphit by the American ite, King cfs to ack peopl a “Negroes” hegrwar scommeniy epee ethene Ta the ta oft 94 “lack epced "Ne the eed wed orposonso esa etage Inthe 20, ‘tn fe Augie 951963 Maoh for Jos ae Fee Shon Wagten DC. Bore pec, te ute tnd enel to fk ané ppl ge inchfing Naan ‘Nears, Maaco se Jon Ber o> Dyan, ‘Philp Randolph, Dany Bates, Ry Wins, Whitey ‘oun. Les + Kings spech ted he gate repose fom te cron ‘lany ote ered the Lineal Memon. ‘tat dy, ing tec te ndapte eae of the isi none ae Tepes ce + Yang’ sages pups conan a tine when ‘any Ann Armenian wer etn eel twat a Sits and epeiy the white power esabhshment {ee wa coninally mpeg bc sac roe. Ih apes King seed hopes for armontons - + rng puch may have be bt foto intone ad esr nis emus a aly eared. 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