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[https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/30 by eJI 30/10/1967] | [https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/30 by eJI 30/10/1967] | ||
On October 30, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy were arrested and forced to begin serving sentences in Birmingham jail because they led peaceful protests against unconstitutional bans on "race mixing" in Birmingham in 1963. | On October 30, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy were arrested and forced to begin serving sentences in Birmingham jail because they led peaceful protests against unconstitutional bans on "race mixing" in Birmingham in 1963. | ||
=====52 Individuals, Including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Arrested in Atlanta Sit-In Protest===== | |||
[https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/19 by eji 19/10/1960] | |||
On October 19, 1960, 52 individuals, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, after refusing to leave their seats at segregated department store lunch counters. | |||
