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  • A woman of color named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus

    A woman of color named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus

    A 42 year old women was exausted after a long day at work. she was ridding the buss home when a white man got on the buss, she being the only black person sitting on the bus was supposed to give the seat up to the whites. she did not!
  • boycott

    boycott

    montgumry bus boycott. the baptist church in montgumry refussed to ride the buses.
  • homes bombed

    homes bombed

    four churches and the homes of king and abernathy were bombed by the montgumary officals to try to stop the boycott
  • courts rulled

    courts rulled

    the congress pass a rule that abolished bus segragation
  • The House Judiciary Committee held a series of hearings on the proposed legislation during the summer

    The House Judiciary Committee held a series of hearings on the proposed legislation during the summer

    proposed bill was amended during the committee process to broaden the scope of protections.
  • The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation

    The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation

  • poor kennedy

    poor kennedy

    President Kennedy was assassinated.
  • President Lyndon Johnson

    President Lyndon Johnson

    asserted his commitment to President Kennedy's legislative agenda, particularly civil rights legislation.
  • The House of Representatives passed a final version of the Civil Rights Act on

    The House of Representatives passed a final version of the Civil Rights Act on

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    was killed