1960s and public protests

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  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Starts

    The event that triggered the Boycott took place on December 1, 1955, after Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a city bus thus going against local laws.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends

  • SDS Emerges

    SDS, or Students for a Democratic Society, emerged in 1960, with a democratic socialist vision and open opposition to millitarianism. They quickly became primarily focused on ending the war. their first major protest began in 1964.

  • March on Washington

    The main event of the Civil Rights Movement was the march on Washington where MLK Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • NYC School Boycott

    A One-day Boycott in New York City against segregated schools.

  • Police Riot

    A Police riot breaks out in the middle of an antiwar protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

  • SDS March of Washington

    The march on Washington to end the war in Vietnam. it was the largest peace protest up til that time.

  • Largest US Antiwar Demonstration

    around 400,000 protesters marched from Central Park to the United Nations to demand an end to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam,

  • D.C. Protest against US involvement in Vietnam war

  • San Francisco Protest Against U.S. Involvement in Vietnam War