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![MLK on Birmingham Demonstrations: “We Are Ready to Negotiate”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3d97e3257e9843d0bd855213cac7f4cb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_3d97e3257e9843d0bd855213cac7f4cb~mv2.webp)
MLK on Birmingham Demonstrations: “We Are Ready to Negotiate”
![🚨Violence Erupts at Birmingham Demonstration](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_cf7d406384b84575bedf750ae525c623~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_cf7d406384b84575bedf750ae525c623~mv2.webp)
🚨Violence Erupts at Birmingham Demonstration
![“Freedom Walkers” Continue Journey Amidst Hostility in Deep South](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1a76c78c8bd840149c7ab0b84978e0c4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_1a76c78c8bd840149c7ab0b84978e0c4~mv2.webp)
“Freedom Walkers” Continue Journey Amidst Hostility in Deep South
![Malcolm X Observes Black Muslim Trial in L.A., Photographs Policeman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a19b78a0f4a34824a6709a6454065cc5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a19b78a0f4a34824a6709a6454065cc5~mv2.webp)
Malcolm X Observes Black Muslim Trial in L.A., Photographs Policeman
![“Freedom Walkers” Debate Teenagers in Georgia](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_a9e8d5be4f0046d58f232b7fa472e43e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_a9e8d5be4f0046d58f232b7fa472e43e~mv2.webp)
“Freedom Walkers” Debate Teenagers in Georgia
![Hundreds Demonstrate in Birmingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_62b6f28459c145938daffdc8dfa8dfde~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_62b6f28459c145938daffdc8dfa8dfde~mv2.webp)
Hundreds Demonstrate in Birmingham
![Demonstrators Attempting to Complete “Freedom Walk” to Jackson, Miss.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_bc8403f6c97c41879745d2c6a15e587a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_bc8403f6c97c41879745d2c6a15e587a~mv2.webp)
Demonstrators Attempting to Complete “Freedom Walk” to Jackson, Miss.
![12 Whites and Negroes Will Continue Slain Mailman’s “Freedom Walk”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_51a4987561a4446eb85cd71969f2daf9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_51a4987561a4446eb85cd71969f2daf9~mv2.webp)
12 Whites and Negroes Will Continue Slain Mailman’s “Freedom Walk”
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![Murder Charges Filed in Slaying of Baltimore Mailman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8e59a4f4a84948798cc1b30d358e45ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_8e59a4f4a84948798cc1b30d358e45ba~mv2.webp)
Murder Charges Filed in Slaying of Baltimore Mailman
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![Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Visits Atlanta](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8a2469e350984def8d1c9981538807de~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_8a2469e350984def8d1c9981538807de~mv2.webp)
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Visits Atlanta
![Baltimore Mailman, Marching for Civil Rights, Killed in Alabama Ambush](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_33761f3309e3497fb54066cdb5e67de4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_33761f3309e3497fb54066cdb5e67de4~mv2.webp)
Baltimore Mailman, Marching for Civil Rights, Killed in Alabama Ambush
![Dr. King Released from Jail](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f71a1ce1c7974542a64da9f5a5bfa68a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_f71a1ce1c7974542a64da9f5a5bfa68a~mv2.webp)
Dr. King Released from Jail
![Mrs. King Visits Dr. King in Jail](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_9d061a3db47d4e0b8864241801d56202~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_9d061a3db47d4e0b8864241801d56202~mv2.webp)
Mrs. King Visits Dr. King in Jail
![Rev. Graham to Rev. King: “Put Brakes On”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_2c244a9c5ddc478d8db98b4bb2175454~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_2c244a9c5ddc478d8db98b4bb2175454~mv2.webp)
Rev. Graham to Rev. King: “Put Brakes On”
![President Kennedy Telephones Dr. King’s Wife, Coretta Scott King](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e0894ad4b4184aa89a946cc244191297~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_e0894ad4b4184aa89a946cc244191297~mv2.webp)
President Kennedy Telephones Dr. King’s Wife, Coretta Scott King
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![New Birmingham Mayor, Albert Boutwell, Sworn in](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_3a6b2eb76ab14182be7cdb1ed71f4ea3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_3a6b2eb76ab14182be7cdb1ed71f4ea3~mv2.webp)
New Birmingham Mayor, Albert Boutwell, Sworn in
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![Violence Erupts in Birmingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_367e12e1db8d488f8d8ede371f67b7b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_367e12e1db8d488f8d8ede371f67b7b5~mv2.webp)
Violence Erupts in Birmingham
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![Belafonte Asks JFK and RFK for Help in Birmingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_71ea1907efd44df581ab9e065917fe38~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_71ea1907efd44df581ab9e065917fe38~mv2.webp)
Belafonte Asks JFK and RFK for Help in Birmingham
![With Dr. King Jailed, Birmingham Negroes Continue Demonstrations](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ba0e0e4c277a4df9b25fe7ee99273939~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_ba0e0e4c277a4df9b25fe7ee99273939~mv2.webp)
With Dr. King Jailed, Birmingham Negroes Continue Demonstrations
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![Dr. King Arrested in Birmingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5a85b9f9d25148dcb9783ee995333f30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_5a85b9f9d25148dcb9783ee995333f30~mv2.webp)
Dr. King Arrested in Birmingham