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civil rights and nonvilont protest
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Jim Crow Laws begin
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Bus Boycott
The 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott, a protest against segregated public facilities in Alabama, was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and lasted for 381 days. -
Freedom Rides begin
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key points of nonvilont action
in 1963 king arculated a number of key points about the nature of non-violent action in his famous "Letter from the Birmingham Jail." King had been arrested for leading a civil rights march through Birmingham, Alabama resulting in wide-spread violence and King's arrest. Several Birmingham clergymen made a public statement directed to Dr. King explaining their disapproval of the tactics King utilized in Birmingham while trying to secure civil rights for blacks. -
malcolm X asasination
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MLK asasination
