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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks a NAACP member refuses to give up her seat at th efront of thr colored section of a bus to a white passenger and in response to her arrest people created a huge boycott -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks insident balck people decided to boycott the ony way of transportation they had. After 381 days of boycotting the government forced the bus company to desegregate the buses. -
Desegragation of Buses
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
MLK, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). It becomes a a major force in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principals on nonviolence and civil desobedience. -
Sit-Ins
When 4 black students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College sit-in in a Woolworths lunch counter and dont get servece -
Freedom Riders
Volunteers, black and white, sarted to take trips to the south to test new laws. Failed and were attacked by angry mobs -
First Black Univestity Student
James Meredith was the first black student to enroll in the University of Missisiippi. President Kennedy sent 5,000 federal troops. -
Poll Tax Ends
The 24th Amendment abolishes poll tax in 11 southern states. Reconstruction for poor blacks to vote. -
Signing of The Civil Right Act
President Jonhson signs the act. Prohibits descrimination in all kinds of ways like, race, color, and religion. -
Voting Rights Act
Congress passes the act that makes blacks in the south easier for them to register to vote. Literacy test, poll tax, and other requerments are now illegal.
