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What was the plan for "Action in Montgomery" that Diane Nash and Lewis presented to Dr. King? Why didn't he fully support the plan the other activists had in mind?
In the aftermath of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, Diane Nash, her husband James Bevel, and John Lewis came up with a plan to march to the Capitol with the goal of forcing the governor out of his office and securing the African American people's right to vote. Students can evaluate the events leading up to this proposal by starting at the very beginning of Book Three, but the scene in which this discussion takes place is on pp. 19-20. Although Dr. King empathizes with...
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