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King Memorial Church Recalls Civil Rights Century
The article traces Martin Luther King Jr along a history from the Montgomery bus boycott to the 1968 Memphis tragedy. It notes Rosa Parks, the Dexter Avenue King Memorial church, and landmarks like the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the voting rights act, and key figures including Medgar Evers and James Reeb. It cites visits to Atlanta, Selma, and Washington, and recounts the 1963 March on Washington and the Memphis strike leading to King's assassination.
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King
Montgomery
Memphis
Rosa Parks
JF Blake
Mrs. King
Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Jackson
NAACP
Medgar Evers
Kennedy
Dallas
Philadelphia
Malcolm X
New York
James Reed
Selma
Ala
Viola Liuzzo
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Jefferson Davis Highway
Stokely Carmichael
Greenwood
Mass
James Meredith
Miss King
Chicago