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"Looking Forward," a pamphlet describing the purpose and goals of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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The pamphlet outlines the ten-point program developed by the organization's leaders to continue its work in "the building of a bigger, better and more beautiful community": "The successful integration of buses in our community is only a beginning in the struggle to put injustice out of business in the South."
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Movements
  5. Montgomery (Ala.)
  6. Montgomery County (Ala.)
  7. Montgomery Improvement Association (Montgomery, Ala.)

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