The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, offered a pardon to thousands of people arrested in the city during the 1960s. They had been protesting laws established in the 1870s that discriminated against African Americans. Mayor Larry Langford announced the pardon in August 2009. Many people were arrested in Birmingham during civil rights protests. About 2,500 protestors went to jail in 1963 alone. They had been protesting peacefully, but they did not have an official permit. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was among them. The pardon will clear their names. Do It!

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Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?