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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 15, 1967
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta, urged a massive civil disobedience drive in northern cities. Responding to the widespread rioting there, he said, “It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be...Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots...” http://bit.ly/14Lyrxi