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they helped with expanded civil rights for marginalized groups

they are examples of grassroots activism

they were led by activists at the community level

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What was the poutpose of the march from selma to Montgomery?

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Many Americans have a better memory of African-American discrimination than the Asian-American discrimination because it seems more real to them to their day to day life.


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Why do you think that discrimination against free African Americans was harsher in the South than in the North?


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