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MIA approves security measures; relocates headquarters; King presides at MIA-NAACP meeting

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February 2, 1956

King and the MIA executive board approve a security patrol at mass meetings and agree to move MIA headquarters from the Alabama Negro Baptist Center to Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. King presides at an MIA-NAACP meeting at the Baptist Center.