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