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jan 1, 1968 - Assassination of Martin Luther King

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The assassination of Martin Luther King further disillusioned black Americans. Riots broke out through cities in America after his assassination and effectively ended the civil rights movement of the 1950s and the 1960s.

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jan 1, 1968
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~ 58 years ago