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The catalyst for the formation of SCLC was the Montgomery bus boycott. Following the success of the boycott in 1956, Bayard, wrote a series of working papers to address the possibilty the efforts in Montgomerty
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Segregation was still the southern United States in 1960. A non-violent protest by young African-American students at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparked a sit-in movement that soon spread to college towns throughout the region.
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An interracial group of activists from core attempted to ride Greyhound and Trailways buses from Washington, D.C.
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Written in April 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” delivered an important statement on civil rights and civil disobedience.
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The march was attended by 250,000 people.