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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,606 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2024, 07:37 AM Oct 20

Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested during sit-in against segregation at Rich’s department store, Atlanta, sixty years ago today: “AP

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On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 OP

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1. He was labeled a trouble maker and J Edgar Hoover harassed him. Take Hoover's name off the FBI building.