Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, enacting a near-total ban on abortions.
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Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Alabama became the 22nd state to join the United States of America.
