What specifically was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking out against when he made this statement in 1958? "I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect."

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Jerimiah Mora

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15 June, 20:38

What specifically was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking out against when he made this statement in 1958? "I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect."

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Gavyn Kaufman · Answer 1

Martin Luther King was referring to the Jim Crow laws, which introduced such separation - of waiting rooms, eating places, and others - for people of different races.