The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- and the civil rights struggle
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1963 Birmingham demonstration( Bill Hudson / Associated Press )
Birmingham, Ala., became a focal point of the civil rights movement in the spring of 1963, when the city used fire hoses and police dogs against nonviolent activists. Photos such as this one are credited by some with helping to galvanize support for reform.
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