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Thousands rally in birthplace of Civil Rights Movement to defend Black political representation
A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city's historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
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According to PBS News’s source item, Thousands rally in birthplace of Civil Rights Movement to defend Black political representation, A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
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- Thousands rally in birthplace of Civil Rights Movement to defend Black political representationPBS News - 2026-05-16T20:37:24+00:00
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