Category: MLK
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50 years ago: Atlanta in 1963
HISTORY OF ATLANTA IN 1963 January – Leroy Johnson, an attorney who had advised demonstrators in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), became the first African American in the Georgia State Senate since Reconstruction and the first in the Georgia General Assembly since 1907. February – The headmaster of the exclusive Episcopalian Lovett…
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MLK Day Actions: 12 sites, 9 Southern States!
MLK Day 2013: 12 Action Sites, 9 Southern States!Not Just a Dream – Movement is King! Check out the Charleston SC MLK Action! Jacksonville, FL: The New Jim Crow Movement Coalition, SCLC, and the Marrissa Alexander Defense Committee held actions over the weekend and gathered over 50 interviews during the parade and local events. Atlanta,…