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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

This is the organization to which Dr. King was elected president.

Montgomery Bus Company

This is the organization whose segregationist policies led to the initial steps of civil rights protests.

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

This object describes a bus boycott.

Ebenezer Baptist Church

This is the place where both Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., worked.

The Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee

This program helped coordinate protests in 1960.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

This object was a response to criticism received because of nonviolent protests.

Lincoln Memorial

This is the place of the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

Nobel Peace Prize

Dr. King received this award in 1964.

Vietnam War

This is described by Dr. King as an ironic situation since it was the one place where white and black boys were allowed to be together.

Poor People's Campaign

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