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In what ways were the challenges that faced activists and African Americnas similar to the

challenges that faced activists and African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement?

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In those years, African Americans in the South faced tremendous obstacles to voting, including poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions to deny them the right to vote. They also risked harassment, intimidation, economic reprisals, and physical violence when they tried to register or vote.
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