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Congress Hears Divergent Views On Segregation
The article reports on Senate Commerce Committee testimony by Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Alabama Governor George Wallace opposing a civil rights public accommodations bill and criticizing federal action, while Martin Luther King Jr. defends nonviolent protest and cites unjust versus just laws. It notes King's letter to eight clergymen and outlines tensions over federal court orders, constitutional guarantees, and potential violence.
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