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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘On February 20, 1956, local officials issued warrants for the arrests of civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, for organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The following day, a grand jury indicted 89 of the leaders of the boycott, accusing them of violating a 1921 statute forbidding boycotts without “just cause.”’
sound familiar?