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Joint Committee of Concerned Citizens for Quality Education

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Donated by Muriel S. And Otto P. Snowden.This poster advertises a lobbying event in opposition to efforts to repeal the Racial Imbalance Law. On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, an event was held where people could go to the state house and testify against laws that would repeal the Racial Imbalance Act of 1965.
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Keywords

  1. Boston
  2. Demonstrations
  3. Law And Legislation
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Segregation In Education

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