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This daily series recounts important moments in Civil Rights history. Jerry Mitchell, who leads the investigative reporting team, wrote the series.

On this day in 1960

On this day in 1960, Alabama authorities sought to stop the civil rights movement by indicting Martin Luther King Jr. for perjury.

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