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Five Interesting Civil Right Events

  • Brown v . Board of Education

    Brown v . Board of Education
    The Brown v . Education was a event in Topeka , Kansas . This event was leaded by Linda and Brown . The schools were divided into blacks and whites . When the event was over they allowed blacks and whites to be together .
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened on December 1 , !955 in Downtown Montgomery , Alabam . The event was a nonviolent protest . Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King , Jr was the leaders of this event .
  • The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine
    The Little Rock Nine was a group of African American who goes to a school with Americans in Little Rock , Arkansas . The Americans don't like them at their school . A girl that was part of the Little Rock Nine was on her way to school when police and Americans were surrounding her . They were telling her to go home , she didn't let her self down . She kept her head up while she was walking home . She mets up with the other students and they all walk again together .
  • Greensboro Sit-Ins

    Greensboro Sit-Ins
    The Greensboro Sit-In took place in February 1 , 1960 in Greensboro , North Carolina . The leaders was the African American Community . They were trying to find civil right acts and they did .
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Letter from Birmingham Jail
    The Letter from Birmingham Jail took place on April 16 , 1963 in Birmingham City Jail . Martin Luther King , Jr was in jail for 30 times during the civil rights movement . The leader of the event was Martin Luther King , Jr .
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    The March on Washington was held on Auguest 28 , 1963 in Washington , DC . The leaders was Martin Luther King , Jr and SCLS Emily Rock . At the end of the March on Washington , Dr , Martin Luther King , Jr . spoke to the crowd .
  • King Assassination

    King Assassination
    The King Assassination was an event that happened on April 1 , 1968 in Memphis . Tennessee . The event was a raical tension methond . Dr .Martin Luther King , Jr . was the leader of this event . After this event Martin Luther King , Jr . died .