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Led to desegregation of public schools.
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Civil protest.
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Defends his strategy of nonviolent resistance.
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U. of Alabama is desegrigated
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MLK delivered his "I have a dream speech" here.
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attempt to register as many African-American voters in Mississippi as posible.
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Abolished poll taxes.
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Youngest winner of this award since 1901.
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Stopped unfair methods of preventing black people from voting.
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Fight against police brutality. 34 dead
