(1)1At the beginning of 965, the civil rights struggle of black Americans entered a new stage.

After President Johnson proposed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Martin Luther King focused on the registration of black voters in Selma, Alabama. Only 335 of the city's 65,438+04,000 black residents have registered, and attempts to increase the number of registered people have been blocked by local authorities.

On March 7th, 1965, a black protest procession marched to Montgomery, the state capital. The state army carried out the orders of Governor george wallace and violently dispersed the procession, and one demonstrator was killed. Two weeks later, Johnson placed the National Guard under the jurisdiction of the federal government to provide protection for the peaceful demonstration led by Kim himself. 25,000 people braved the drizzle in Celma and walked 52 miles to Montgomery, where King spoke to the crowd.

(2)1965165438+1On February 2, an American citizen set himself on fire outside the office of US Secretary of Defense McNamara, expressing his strong protest against the Johnson administration's invasion of Vietnam.

At about 5: 30 pm on the 2nd, Norman Morrison, 3 1 year-old, came to the Pentagon in Washington from Baltimore. He went to the window of McNamara's office, lit a bottle of gasoline and clothes soaked in gasoline and shouted slogans.

A few hours after Morrison set herself on fire, his wife issued a statement to reporters through a friend, saying: "Morrison gave his life today to express his concern about the huge loss of life and human suffering brought about by the Vietnam War. He protested that our government was deeply involved in the war militarily. He feels that all citizens must express their true views on what the government has done. "

It is reported that Morrison has been opposed to the US government's war policy for many years. This spring, he also attended two protests in front of the Pentagon.

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Cigarette sales in the United States reached $52.9 billion; In other words, citizens who are above 18 smoke more than half a pack a day. Nate K. Cole always likes to smoke when he sings romantic love songs in a low voice. He died of lung cancer at the age of 45.

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