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Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Civil Rights
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A few of the clues
- Delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, this speech urged equality and an end to segregation.
- This 1955–56 protest began after a seamstress refused to give up her seat on a bus.
- She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955, sparking a boycott.
- Nonviolent sit-ins often used this tactic: occupying a space and refusing to leave until served.
- Year Rosa Parks' bus refusal ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- The federal holiday honouring King is observed on the third Monday of this month.
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