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civil rights movements
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Rosa Parks is arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on a crowded bus. -
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Montgomery bus boycott
Started with Rosa parks not giving up her seat. -
Governer Farbus blockades school
Governer Farbus of Arkansas brings national guard to prevent black students from going into a white school. -
Sit in begins
four black students sit in at woolworth's lunch counter until served -
Freedom riders bus burned
Angry mob tries to burn freedom riders inside of the bus -
James Meredith goes to University of Mississippi
James Meredith had to be escorted to class to protect him because he was the first black into the university -
Protesters attacked in Birmingham
Peaceful demonstrators ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama- Martin Luther King Jr. arrested -
Letter from Birmingham jail
Martin Luther King Jr. writes Letter from a Birmingham jail -
March on Washington and "I have a Dream" speech
March on Washington was a rally held in front Lincoln memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech -
John F. Kennedy assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in
The assassination of John F. Kennedy occured during a motorcade and Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president almost immediately -
24th amendment passed
gave the right to anyone to vote and that right cannot be taken away legally -
Civil Rights bill passed
outlawed discrimination against color, race, gender etc. -
Malcolm X dies
Black Muslim civil rights leader dies -
Voter demonstration march in Selma, Alabama
state troopers beat people in voter demonstration march to break up the demonstration -
Voting Rights act 1965
gave more power to the 24th amendment -
Watts Riot
during these riots in LA, 34 people were killed, hundreds injured and thousands arrested -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
James Earl Ray shot down the Black rights advocate -
Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy was John F. Kennedy's brother who shared many of his brothers ideas towards civil rights was shot by Sirhan Sirhan
