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LBJ signs bill raising military pay and civil rights tensions rise
In Grenada Mississippi police arrested 45 African American pickers protesting downtown for an economic boycott against white merchants. The arrests followed a shooting outside a church as civil rights leaders group discusses new strategy. The pay raise was approved by Congress and signed by President Johnson, raising military pay and retroactive adjustments for federal workers.
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