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The Montgomery Bus Boycot
-Led by Rosa Parks
-Rosa was coming home from work, went onto the bus and sat in the seat behind the white section. On the way home th ebus driver saw that a white man was standing and there were 3 blacks sitting. The bus driver told her to move and she said no. The NAACP backed her up in court challaging segrigation -
The Little Rock 9
-9 black children wanted to go to an all white highs school in Arkansas. The known rasist govrnor ordered troops to prevnt the 9 from entering the school. Eisenhower orded the 101st airborne national guard in and defended the 9 foor the rest of the year. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
-the Act was ment to protect the voting rigths of African Americans. Several people in the south tried to stop it but they failed. After it was passed there were 2 million new voters -
The Sit-in Movement
- 4 friends sat at a dine in bar and asked to be served some coffe, they were denied questioned why they could be served at the checkout counter but not sitting down. They sat there until the resterant closed and veryday after until they were served. This started a movemnent of peaceful sit ins.
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The Freedom Riders
-Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. The riders were attacked offetn by angry whit mobs and police many times didnt do much. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
-James Meridith tried to go to University of Mississppi and riots forced Kennedy to send troops. 500 federal troops weres sent to escort James to campus. 160 marshals were injured -
Protests in Birmingham
-Dr king wanted new civil rights laws to be passed so he made a protest in alabama with he knew would make violence that would get JFKs attention -
The March on Washington
-Dr, King wanted to get lobbyests in washington so he held a march. more then 200000 people showed up in support of King jr -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
- The most comprihensive civil rights law congress ever passed. Made segregqation illegal, and gave more power to desegrigating schools
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The Selma March
-The SCLC walked US Highway 80 to Montgomery. When the group bent down to pray 200 state troopers attacked and left 70 African Americans hopitalized and many more injured. eight days later there was a prosal for new voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King was assisnated on a balcony outside of his room in Memphis Tenn. He was 39 years old ands had 2 kids and a wife.
