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Fulton County Prosecutor in Georgia to Expunge MLK and Other Civil Rights Leaders’ Records, But not Everyone Agrees
Loaded on July 15, 2020
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
published in Criminal Legal News
August, 2020, page 44
Filed under:
Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of.
Location:
Georgia.
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D.
On October 19, 1960, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested while taking part in the Atlanta Student Movement’s campaign of boycotts and sit-ins, in which he and others attempted to seek service at a whites-only dining room in the Rich’s Department …
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