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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rare-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-signatures-found-in-alabama-jail-logbook by PBS NEWS 25/2/21] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rare-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-signatures-found-in-alabama-jail-logbook by PBS NEWS 25/2/21] | ||
Rare documents with 12 signatures of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sold on Wednesday for more than $130,000. They were penned in an Alabama jail logbook after King was arrested in April 1963 for leading a march against racial segregation. Rikki Klaus reports on the unprecedented item. It's part of our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." | Rare documents with 12 signatures of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sold on Wednesday for more than $130,000. They were penned in an Alabama jail logbook after King was arrested in April 1963 for leading a march against racial segregation. Rikki Klaus reports on the unprecedented item. It's part of our arts and culture series, "CANVAS." | ||
=====Dr. King and Hundreds of Voting Rights Activists Arrested===== | |||
[https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/feb/1 by eji 1/2/1965] | |||
In early 1965, civil rights groups including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) began concentrating on voter registration in Selma, Alabama—a city with the lowest voter registration record in the state's Black Belt region. | |||
