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Parts of a report on race relations in the US from Mr Greenhill in the British Embassy in Washington, 6 August 1963
(Catalogue ref: FO 371/168485)
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Transcript
FO 371/168485; report on race relations in the US, 1963

Questions
  1. What were the effects of events in Birmingham on
    a) the rest of the black population of the USA?
    b) the President?

  2. Why were Dr. Martin Luther King’s non-violent methods considered to be so effective?

  3. What battles in the fight for civil rights still needed to be won?
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