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Civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
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This was intended to protect the right of African Americans to vote
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Speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. to help African Americans get their rights.
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civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating
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The march was an effort to register black voters.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the U.S. attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters, bypassing local officials who often refused to register African Americans
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