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             civil rights supporters the same year. He said: "I have a dream that one
             day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:
             'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
             †I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation
             where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content
             The protests created the political momentum that led to the Civil Rights
             Act of 1964, which prohibited segregation in public accommodations, as well
             as discrimination in education and employment. King was awarded the 1964
             Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his moral stance and effectiveness to
             Voting Rights Act of 1965
             In 1965 the SCLC joined a voting-rights protest march from Selma, Alabama,
             to the state capital of Montgomery to draw national attention to the
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