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- And here at home, the power of the Mafia crime syndicates and the divisiveness of the civil rights movement are two crucial situations requiring immediate attention.†
p. 13.1 *
- Despite—or perhaps even because of—the violence, the civil rights movement continues to gain momentum, and Robert Kennedy is now paying close attention to one of its most prominent leaders, a thirty-three-year-old charismatic Baptist minister named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reverend King is as intense and enigmatic as President Kennedy.†
p. 98.5
- Truth be told, the civil rights movement is an enormous headache for Bobby Kennedy.†
p. 98.9
- Hoover, however, does take an interest in Reverend King—but only because of the widespread belief within the FBI that the civil rights movement is part of a larger Communist plot against America.†
p. 99.5
- He has ducked bullets during the Korean War and dodged bricks while covering the civil rights movement.†
p. 167.3
- And Kennedy now understands he can no longer be a passive observer of the civil rights movement.†
p. 167.8
- Civil disobedience is not limited to the American civil rights movement.†
p. 168.3
- Today is a Saturday and the start of a carefully orchestrated series of meetings between the White House and some powerful business groups to mobilize support for the civil rights movement.†
p. 177.5
- John Kennedy has thrown the power of his office behind the civil rights movement, but he has done so reluctantly.†
p. 178.1
- This fact is well-known throughout the civil rights movement.†
p. 179.1
- But the president has thrown in with the civil rights movement.†
p. 179.9
- The attorney general is a major advocate for the civil rights movement, but his relationship with Dr. King is strained.†
p. 201.5
- To avoid the appearance that the civil rights movement was supported only by blacks, Bobby worked with the United Auto Workers Union to encourage attendance by its white members.†
p. 202.1
- But he is putting into words the ultimate goal of the civil rights movement.†
p. 203.5
- There are eleven other people in attendance, including Lyndon Johnson, so this visit is not a summit meeting between the president of the United States and the most powerful man in the civil rights movement.†
p. 204.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(civil rights movement) popular effort to establish political and social equality for African Americans in the USA (1954-1968)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)