"The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute."

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So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.

— Michael Beschloss