He remained in the maximum-security Robben Island prison for 27 years, until secret talks with President F.W. de Klerk initiated his release. ... Police brutality used against the marchers dramatized the harsh treatment of blacks in the United States. ... Police opened fire on the protesters and within minutes, 56 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured. ...

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Twenty-nine prominent blacks met secretly at Niagara Falls, Ontario and drew up an objective calling for full civil liberties, abolition of racial discrimination and recognition of human brotherhood. ... Ranging from inferior sidewalks to inferior police protection, Washington recognized that such conditions created by Jim Crow made established neighborhoods in which raising a family in decency was quite difficult. ...

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