1963年馬丁路德金恩遭到逮捕入獄，因為他和其他抗議者對於阿拉巴馬州伯明罕市內黑人的待遇提出不平之鳴，法院判決金恩不得在伯明罕進行抗議行動；1963年的伯明罕是個黑人難以居住的城市，每件事都涉及種族隔離、從工作到教堂、圖書館都有所限制，黑人隨時都受到歧視、也受到暴力的威脅。

什麼是種族隔離？

In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. A court had ordered that King could not hold protests in Birmingham. Birmingham in 1963 was a hard place for blacks to live in. Everything was segregated, from businesses to churches to libraries. Blacks faced constant discrimination and the constant threat of violence.

What is segregation?

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