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King is acquitted of tax evasion by an all-white jury in Montgomery, Alabama
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After deliberating in a segregated courtroom for three days, lawyers William Ming and Hubert Delaney persuade the all-white jury to acquit King of tax evasion.
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King is acquitted of tax evasion by an all-white jury in Montgomery, Alabama
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