Civil Rights

By NaaraAcosta
  • Martin Luther King Jr. gets arrested for leading the Montgomery bus boycott.

    Martin Luther King Jr. gets arrested for leading the Montgomery bus boycott.

  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in a public bus.

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in a public bus.

  • Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school.

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    He didn't want to allow nine students from enrolling at Little Rock's Central High School.

  • Freedom Riders' bus burned

    This group was formed by civil rights groups. Freedom Riders, an assembly of individuals that traveled to segregated establishments to promote equal treatment.

  • Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter

    Freedom Writer's have breakfast at a lunch counter before going to Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans.

  • The Other America by Michael Harrington

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    He wrote this book after Lyndon B. Johnson said he wanted to increase the quality of medical care and get rid of poverty.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. writes a letter from a Birmingham, Alabama.

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  • Peaceful demonstrators attacked in Bermingham, Alabama.

    Peaceful demonstrators attacked in Bermingham, Alabama.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. gives his 'I have a dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

    Martin Luther King Jr. gives his 'I have a dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

  • March on Washington

    Martin Luther King Jr. led 250,000 people singing "We Shall Overcome" from the mall in Washington D.C to the Lincoln Memorial.

  • John F. Kennedy is assasinated while riding in a convertible car with his wife Jacqueline.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President after John F. Kennedy's assasination.

    Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President after John F. Kennedy's assasination.

  • 24th Amendment passed.

    24th Amendment passed.

    This states the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
  • Civil Rights Bill passed

    Civil Rights Bill passed

    A landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation.

  • Malcom X assasinated.

    Malcom X (another great leader) was assasinated for breaking off relations with the Nation of Islam and starting his own organization.

  • Voting Rights Act 1965

    Piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting.

  • Watts Riots

    Black citizens burned and looted buildings because of police brutality against African Americans.
  • Martin Luther KIng Jr. is assasinated.

    Martin Luther KIng Jr. is assasinated.

  • Forced Busing

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    This said all kids had the right to ride the same bus but many whites opposed!