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13177_35345_civil_rights_mvmt_mlk2

1950s, 1960s
B&W

Voting Rights Bill signed, 1965. President Johnson giving statement/ speech about voting rights. Footage of a young Martin Luther King Junior preaching to his congregation. Footage of Montgomery bus boycotts (1956) with MLK narrating. Black individuals walk and take taxis instead of taking a segregated bus. MLK with supporters behind him talks to newscaster explaining the nonviolent resistance behind the boycott.