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Martin Luther King Jr. calls for nonviolent protests: Meet the Press Archive
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29:38Now PlayingAPRIL 17, 1960 — As the civil rights protests of the 1960s spread across America, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined Meet the Press to urge his supporters to commit to nonviolent resistance.
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