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After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus she was arrested. Many African Americans boycotted the buses for over a year. This was led by Martin Luther King
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60 black pastors and civil rights leaders meet in Atlanta to protest nonviolently against racial discrimination. -
Black and white people rode buses together in protest against segregation. Many of them got attacked and firebombed. -
250,000 people gather in protest of racial discrimination.MLK gives his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act which prevents employment discrimination due to race,sex,religion, or national origin. -
MLK led a march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL. State troopers sent them back with tear gas, attacks, & beatings. On March 9 they tried again but they eventually turned back. -
The Supreme Court declared that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional. -
MLK was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, TN. -
President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act which provides equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion, or national origin. -
She is the first black person to campaign for a presidential nomination -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday in honor of MLK’s accomplishments and all that he fought for. January 20th, 1986 was the day it was first observed. -
President Bush signed the civil right act of 1991 which further strengthened laws against intentional employment discrimination. -
The jury acquitted the 4 white officers even with there being a recording of the beating. The riots lasted 5 days. -
Barack Obama becomes the first black president of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_UVZiPEM6o -
The movement started after an officer shot & killed an innocent black man for seemingly no reason in 2010. After several other police killings, the movement started online to raise awareness.