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Martin Luther King Jr. Life time
6 major events in his life -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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When Rosa Parks was arrested for not following the sitting ordinance on a public bus in Montgomery, the black community was outrage. They were so outraged that they created the Montgomery Improvement Association. They boycotted the Montgomery public bus. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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60 black ministers met in Atlanta and decided to form the SCLC. This group was made to end the segregration between black people and white people. -
Sit In Movement
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The Sit in Movement is when a bunch of people sit at a place and do nothing. This shut down many buisnesses. Some people felt sorry for them and joined them -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Citation As King stood on an outside balcony at the Lorraine Hotel, he was struck by a rifle bullet. He was pronounced dead at 7:00 P.M. in a Memphis hospital.
