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Which president's call is credited for mobilizing African-American voters according to historians?
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Answer
The credit for mobilizing African-American voters goes to President John F. Kennedy's phone call to Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., expressing solidarity after her husband's assassination. This empathetic gesture resonated with the African-American community and is widely seen as a pivotal moment, encouraging their active participation in the 1964 presidential election and subsequent civil rights milestones.
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