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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The civil rights movment basically began on a city bus because rosa did not want to give her seat up to a white man. Every Aferican American had to use transporation to get everywhere and they all have negitity towards it. It took Rosa Parks to fight and get people to listen. -
Rosa Parks Arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa was a 42 year old Aferican American who was arrested for
violating the laws of segargation by not moving for a white man on the bus to sit down. Wich this led to the Mongomery bus boycott that lasted 381 days. -
Governor farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to Prevent Black Students For Going To a White School
The national guard was trying to prevent Afrian American students from going to school. Faubus agreed to enroll Aferican American students into the school so he told the troop they can stay to enforce it. Then nine more students tried to enroll and it erupeded a riot. -
Sit in at Woolworth's Lunch Counter
McCain was very strict and had a whites only policy.A group of four black students sat down to be surved and then days after more and more poeple started going and it led up to thousands of people so woolworths counter they changed it -
Freedom Riders Bus burned
The freedom riders were a mixed race group that rode a bus around the south to show that inequalatly is stupid. This was very nessasarry because of the discrimination. They were attcked by all the racists people. -
the Other America
The other America was a book written by Michael Harrington and it was about how the national was living in poverty. People believe that the book is responsible for Lyndon b johnson. -
John F Kennedy Assassination
John F Kennedy was riding in the car during a presidential motorcade when he was assassinated. It struck the world hard like 911 did. Lee haveny oswald was arrested bcause of his murder but it was Jack Ruby who killed him before he could even go to trial. -
MLK writes a letter from the Birmingham jail
Martin Luther King wrote the letter to respond to the religious leaders that were criticizing his campaign. -
Peaceful Demonstractors Ruthlessly Attacked in Birmingham, Alambama MKL Arrested
Martin Luther King was arrented because it was illegail to have a mass public demonstraition. Children as young as the age of six were arrested with the thousands of people who were arrested. -
March on washington
The march on washington was the largest demonstration ever seen at the nation's capital. Martin Luther King was arrested during this time from his letter he wrote. -
I Have A dream speech by Martin Luther King
The speech was to end racisim in the United States. He freed lots of slaves and he was a big insperation to everyone and it affected most people. -
24th admendment
in many states in the south you had to pay toll taxes in order to vote so it kept african americans from voting because they were so poor then it changed later on when jfk was taking over to polls are illegal. when the bill was introduced to jfk then lbj was the one who signed it -
civil rights bill passed
this bill was passed that prevents discrimination against race. President LBJ signed it into law.This bill also ended segragation in schools. -
voting rights act
This is a piece of legisation that restates that it is illegal to deny people to vote based on race.
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Malcom X dies
Malcom advocated for a seperate black state and says "whites will always be racist." He was a black muslim leader and was assassinated by a muslim, but no one knows who was behind his assassination. -
Watts Riots
In california they faced lots of housing shotrtages becaus eof how rasist the home owners law was so it turned into a 6 day riot. which the lapd was very racist and abused their power that resualted 34 death , 1000 injuries and about 3000 aurrests. -
Martin Luther KIng Jr Assassination
Martin Luther King had got a nobel prize for thrying to end the Vietnam war. On the day before his assassination he gave a famous speach that was predicting his own death.He got assassinated at the James Earl RAy hotel while standing on the bacony. -
Forced Busing Begins
The forced busing incuriged the force of integration. Also lots of states resisted integration. In 1954 the supreme court stated that segregated schools were unconstitutional. -
Lyndon B Johnson Became the President
Lyndon was vice president to john f Kennedy and became the president after his assassionation. With Lyndon in office the natonal proverty decind with americans precentage was 23% to 12% dropping significantly. Lyndon had a head start when he did the fonding for medicare,medicaid and eduation and very poor schools
