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The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened after the Rosa Parks arrest in Montgomery, Alabama. It was lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the result was that buses were no longer segregated.
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Little Rock Nine happened in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was an inforcement of Brown v. Board of Education law. Little Rock Nine was when they sent nine African Americans to a white school.
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The Greensboro Sit-in started when four African American collage students refused to leave a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Greensboro lunch counter changed its rules and began allowing African American customers. This was a example of civil disobediance.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 happened in Washington D.C. and it was passed by Congress. The result of this act was that discrimination was banned.
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The Voting Rights of 1965 was passed in Washington D.C. It allowed African Americans to register to vote.
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The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. happened in Memphis, Tennesse. King was shot by James Earl Ray and King died from that shot.
