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Supreme court rules that segregated schools were not equal.
African Americans schools were often overcrowd and had little to no desks and books. As whites schools were well built. So the Supreme Court unsegregated schools. -
Rosa parks arrested for not giving up seat.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the colored section of a bus people decided to not take the bus until the rules changed. This was called the bus bocott. -
Martin leads bus Boycott.
After Rosa Parks was arrest Martin Luther KIng led the Bocott on the bus system. -
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit in
4 Black Students sit at a lunch counter and refused to leave until serverd and they got trash and food dumped on them. this caused Woolworths to loss 1/3 of its business and desegregated all of its restaurants on July 26th Black employees were the 1st served -
MLK Arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws. -
March On Washington
More than 200,000 people of all races gather on the Mall in Washington DC to protest police brutality, unequal pay, job discrimination, continued segregation in education lack of rights. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombings
The KKK bombed the 16th street Church and killed 4 girls and 22 injured. The church was a meeting for Civil Rights Protests. -
Malcolm X assassination
Member of the Nation of Islam. Favored separation from whites. Encouraged African American to defend themselves using whatever means necessary. Assassinated Feb. 21 1965. -
Voting Rights Act approved
After passage, southern black voter registration grows by over 50% and black officials are elected to various positions. In Mississippi, black voter registration grew from 7% to 67% -
Dr.King's Assassination
Dr.King was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis,Tennessee. Even though dead he is one of the most influential figures in civil rights and nonviolent protests.
