1963年马丁路德金恩遭到逮捕入狱，因为他和其他抗议者对于阿拉巴马州伯明罕市内黑人的待遇提出不平之鸣，法院判决金恩不得在伯明罕进行抗议行动；1963年的伯明罕是个黑人难以居住的城市，每件事都涉及种族隔离、从工作到教堂、图书馆都有所限制，黑人随时都受到歧视、也受到暴力的威胁。

什么是种族隔离？

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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