Assignment 2.4.1 By mattmcgarity Oct 29, 1954 Forced busing begins Oct 29, 1955 -Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus Oct 29, 1955 montgumery bus boycott Oct 29, 1957 Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school. Oct 29, 1960 Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter Oct 29, 1961 Freedom riders bus burned Oct 29, 1963 Peaceful demonstrators ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama- MLK arrested. Oct 29, 1963 MLK writes Letter from a Birmingham jail Oct 29, 1963 March on Washington Oct 29, 1963 I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King Oct 29, 1963 John F. Kennedy assasinated Oct 29, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President Nov 3, 1963 March on washington for civil rights Oct 29, 1964 24th amendment passed Oct 29, 1964 Civil Rights bill passed Oct 29, 1965 Voting rights act 1965 Oct 29, 1965 Watts riots Oct 29, 1965 Malcom x dies Oct 29, 1968 The Other America written by Michael Harrington Oct 29, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated