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Malcom X Death
In Harlem, New York, Malcom X, the black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is shot to death. It is believed the assailants are members of the Black Muslim faith, which malcom had recently abandoned in favor of the orthdox islam. Malcom X believed in MLK Jr's words for a long time. Until he was tired of being treated terrible. He then became to beleving that words and time would help, so he choose physical violents to try to speed up the process of civil rights. -
Black Panthers Party
The militant Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panters were very well known because the only way they believed they would achieve equality was threw violent ways. In the late 1960's the party members became involed in a series of violent confrontations wiht the police, (resulting in deahts on both sides) and in a series of court cases, some resulting from direct shoot-outs with the police and some from independent charges. -
Black Power Begins
Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary." The term's radicalism alarms many who believe the civil rights movement's effectiveness and moral authority crucially depend on nonviolent civil disobedience. It was also used in the olimpics resulting in penelties. -
The Death Of A King
In Memphis, Tennesse, Martin Luther King Jr, at age 39, is shot as he stand on the balcony outside his hotel room. EScaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime. Even though it was the death of the big picture for civil rights movements, they would still continue with Dr. King in the heart, and mind. Even with a discrimination still happening today, it woudln't be as controlled as it is today without the help of MLK and his words. -
Swann V. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
The Supreme Court, in Swann V. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, upholds busing as a legitimate means of achieving integration of public schools. Although largely unwelcome (and sometimes violently opposed) in local school districts, court-ordered busing plans in cities such as Charlotte, Boston, and Dencer Continue until the late 1990's. This helped very largly in getting none segregated schools. So that MLK's dream of white children, and black children, finally was on the right path.
