However, the protests had the desired effect on the Kennedy Administration. At the request of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the Interstate Commerce Commission banned segregated interstate transportation facilities in an order issued in September 1961. ...

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With the help of presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, King was released on bail on October 27, 1960. ... Here, people stood up for the rights of black Americans, the completion of racial segregation, as well as better education and better housing conditions in the South. 1.3 The climax of his civil right movement - The assassination (1963 - 1968) The years from 1960 to 1965 were King's time of prosperity. ...

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