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Pilgrimage of Prayer for Public Schools, January 1, 1959 [broadside]

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Broadside advertising A Pilgrimage of Prayer for Public Schools, January 1, 1959 in Richmond, Va. At this event, organizers played a seven-minute pre-recorded message from Dr. King. A description of the event by Wyatt Tee Walker as reported to Dr.…

Tags: African Americans, desegregation, education, Emancipation, Emancipation Day, Jim Crow, Martin Luther King Jr., massive resistance, public schools, race, Richmond, segregation, Virginia

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