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Montgomery bus boycott
After the arrest of Rosa parks, blacks boycott buses for 13 months. This leads to a non segregation law for buses. -
Little Rock school
Nine black school student want to attend Little Rock. President Eisenhower calls upon national guard troops to protect them. -
Freedom rides
Blacks rides in groups on buses to test the ruling. They are beaten badly. -
The Birmingham campaign
The SCLC meet, but the police use hoses and dogs on demonstrators. -
The march on Washington
Over a quarter of a million blacks march for jobs and freedom. MLK gives I dreamed a dream speach. -
The king is dead
MLK travels to Mississippi. He is assassinated by James Earl Ray.