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Photograph of civil rights activist and attorney C. B. King sitting before a wall lined with law books. He faces forward.C. B. King was a prominent African American lawyer known for his courage, courtroom eloquence, and legal skills in the face of fierce and even violent opposition during the civil rights struggle in southwest Georgia. The first black lawyer in the area, King was an inspiration to an entire generation of young law interns and civil rights activists.
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  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Lawyers
  3. African American Men
  4. African Americans
  5. Albany
  6. Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
  7. Books
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. Georgia
  11. King, C. B. (Chevene Bowers), 1923 1988
  12. Lawyers
  13. Men

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