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US President Obama designates historic civil rights sites including black churches

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RNS In one of his last official acts, US President Obama has designated Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and other civil rights landmarks in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama, as the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. The designation protects the historic AG Gaston Motel in that city, where the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, and […]