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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, being booked by Lt. D.H. Lackey of the Montgomery, Alabama police in February 1956. The civil rights leaders had been indicted by a Grand Jury for their roles in the Montgomery bus boycott. King and Abnernathy's homes were firebombed during the boycott. The Supreme Court later struck down the segregation of Montgomery's bus system and charges against King and Abernathy were dropped.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., right, and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, center, being booked by Lt. D.H. Lackey of the Montgomery, Alabama police in February 1956. The civil rights leaders had been indicted by a Grand Jury for their roles in the Montgomery bus boycott. King and Abnernathy's homes were firebombed during the boycott. The Supreme Court later struck down the segregation of Montgomery's bus system and charges against King and Abernathy were dropped.
(AP Photo/Gene Herrick)

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