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Rosa Parks sat in the back of a crowded bus and was told to give up her seat to a white person, when she refused she was arrested
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Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize a botcott of the public transportation system which lasted over a year and caused such a big influence that 100 of the leaders that helped this protest were arrested.
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Intergrated schools getr funding cut to stall process.
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THe Southeren Christian Leadership Confrenece is founded.
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Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school. Nine black teenagers were removed for their own safety after a mob formed, they were later allowed to attend school but the following august Farbus shut down all local high schools to prevent segregation, it took a year for them to be opened again.
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Four college student's were refused service at a lunch counter because of the color of thier skin so they staged a sit in. It lasted a week and by the end nearly 1,000 students were taking part in the protest.
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The freedom riders were a group of black civil rights activists traveling the country staging protests. On May 14th, 1961they returned to find their bus burned.
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THe other America was published in 1962 and showed that 20% of all Americans were living in poverty as well as 40% of all African Americans. The book was given credit for giving ideas leadint to food stamps, medicade, and madicare.
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250,000 people marched on washington, the largest ever, to show support for Kennedy's bill and to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of his most famous speeches. The "I have a dream" speech gave hope to many people searching for equality, and helped move the nation.
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Peaceful protesters were attacked using tear gas, attack dogs, and fire hoses. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested.
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MLK writes a letter from jail promoting the use of non violence to gain positive change.
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While riding in the back of a car in Dallas, TX, John F. Kennedy was shot and killed.
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Two hours and eight minutes after John F. Kennedy was shot Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in. He took over many of JFK's objectives.
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The 24th Amendment was passed on January 23rd, 1964 outlawing taxation on voting to help poverty stricken Americans to use thier right to vote.
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The Civil Rights Act passed on July 2nd, 1964 making it illegal to discriminate based on race or gender, which later helped create the EEOC.
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The Voting Rights Act outlawed the practice of forbidding people to vote based on race.
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Malcom X was assassinated in 1965 by three members of the nation of Islam, after he left the religion, in Harlem while giving a speech on racial harmony.
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The Watts riots were sparked by pollice brutallaty. The riots lasted one week and by the time the riot subsided, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,438 arrested.
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MLK was shot while standing on a hotel balcony in Mephis. His death sparked riots across the country causing 40 deaths.
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All schools are forced to intergrate after Alwxanderr vs. Homes county School Board.
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Forced busing was the act of taking students from a non minority filled nieghbor hood and busing them to schools in a minority neighbor hood and vis versa to ensure intergrated schools.
