________ responded with a heated radio appeal:"I call on every Mississippian to keep his faith and courage.
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Justice Department
The ________ sent 400 U.S. marshals to protect the riders on the last part of their journey to Jackson, Mississippi.
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James Peck
________ saw a hostile mob waiting, some holding iron bars.
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CORE director James Farmer
________ announced that a group of SNCC volunteers in Nashville were ready to pick up where the others had left off.
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freedom riders
The ________ spilled out just before the bus exploded.
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President Kennedy
________ ordered federal marshals to escort Meredith to the registrars office.
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night
That ________, mayhem broke out.
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Television cameras
That night, mayhem broke out. ________ captured the scene.
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NEW POLITICAL PARTY SNCC
________ organized the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
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Police
________ swept the marchers off TV cameras captured all of it, and millions of viewers heard the children screaming.
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civil rights bill that President Kennedy
The ________ sent to Congress guaranteed equal access to all public accommodations and gave the U.S. attorney general the power to file school desegregation suits.
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President Kennedy
________ arranged to give the freedom riders direct support.
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