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Pearsall Plan
William B. and Thomas Pearsall created a governors special advisory committee on Education in North Carolina as a result the Pearsall Plan became unconstitutional. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened right after Rosa Park's arrest. Martin Luther King Jr. lead the Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. When the Boycott was over the ruling that the Montgomery bus segregation law was unconstitutional. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter while in the Birmingham Jail. The whites who read the letter then asked King to wait patiently for equal rights. -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC marched. As a result of the march bapartison support of civil rights legislation got passed. -
Selma Montgomery, Bloody Sunday
SNCC led a protest in Selma Montgomery as a result of the protest "Voting Rights Act of 1965" was created. -
Wilmington Riots
The Wilmington Riots happened in Wilmington North Carolina in 1968 it was a violent protest led by African Americans. As a result of the violent protest 25 blacks died, and hundreds more may have been killed. -
King Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination happened on April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee King was shot by James Earl Ray. Mr. Ray was then arrested.
