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Forced busing begins
The practice to assign and transport students to schools in such a manner of racial segregation. -
Montgomery bus boycott
was a political and social protest campaign -
Rosa Parks arrested
Because she refused to give her seat up on a public bus to a white person. -
Governor Farbus
Following the intervention of President Eisenhower, it is considered to be one of the most important events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. -
Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter
Four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s and politely asked for service -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders set out to confront the Jim Crow laws and make a change. They met a hatred and violence of people that burned their bus. Local police often refused to intervene and the Riders' efforts was a change in the civil rights movement. -
24th amendment passed
Prohibits citizens the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
The Other America written by Michael Harrington
Published in 1962. A widely read review, "The Other America" -
Peaceful demonstrators ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama- MLK arrested.
For participating in a demonstration to end segregated facilities. -
MLK writes Letter from a Birmingham jail
On his eleventh day he wrote this letter. -
Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech
Martin Luther King gave his big "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington with 250,000 people in attendence. -
March on Washington
Martin L. King led an audience of 250,000 singing "We Shall Overcome" from the Mall in Washington D.C. to the Lincoln Memorial. This was the largest civil rights demonstration the country had ever seen.To put an end to segregation, and support Kennedy's civil rights bill. -
John F. Kennedy assasinated
ohn F. Kennedy was fatally killed, shot while traveling. -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President
Served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. -
Civil Rights bill passed
The Civil Rights Act ended discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States. -
Malcom x dies
Malcom X is killed by a gun. -
Voting rights act 1965
The Voting Rights Act ended discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States. -
Watts riots
The Watts Riots of 1965 lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,438 arrested. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed.
