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King Writes History from a Birmingham Jail Cell
On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell, arrested for protesting segregation. Armed with pen and newspaper margins, he composed words that would reshape the American civil rig...
Historical Events
7- 1862 The D.C. Emancipation Act ends slavery in the U.S. capital. United States
- 1958 South Africa's National Stay-At-Home strike against apartheid concludes. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1960 Senegal signs a transfer of power agreement with France. 🇸🇳 Senegal
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U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. - 1969 Lusaka Manifesto on Southern Africa is issued 🇿🇲 Zambia
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The South African government seizes Archbishop Desmond Tutu's passport. -
Wembley concert celebrates Nelson Mandela's release
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Algerian reformist leader Abdelhamid Ben Badis dies.