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Young, John

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Donated by Frank Miranda.This document is a letter sent to supporters of the Congress of Racial Equality alerting them to action CORE needed help with. After the Racial Imbalance Act of 1965 was passed, many bills that would repeal or limit it were put up in the next few years. In this letter CORE explains the various bills that have been written and asks for support in calling senators and telling them not to support these bills.
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Keywords

  1. Boston
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Congress Of Racial Equality
  4. Demonstrations
  5. Law And Legislation
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Segregation In Education

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