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Montgomery, Alabama
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First White House of the Confederacy
Montgomery, Alabama: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Selma March
Montgomery, Alabama: Commercial Street, 1860s
Freedom Rides Museum
Montgomery: Alabama State Capitol
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