March Re-Enactment Ends With 3000 at Capitol Gathering
The Selma to Montgomery 50 mile commemorative march concluded in Montgomery with about 3,000 participants gathered near the Capitol. Organizers hoped the 1990 trek would spark renewed activism as Jesse Jackson and Coretta Scott King urged outreach to Washington and broader civil rights efforts.
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Harlem Protest Targets Alcohol and Cigarette Ads
About 50 Ab yssinian Baptist Church members in Harlem painted over more than a dozen 6 by 12 foot billboards advertising alcohol and tobacco. Police followed the protest as church leaders argued ads entice youths and harm health while noting no arrests had occurred.
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