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1960 - 2014 (4C Group 1)
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Four African-American college students held a sit
February 1, 1960
When sit-ins started
Four African-American college students held a sit in to integrate a woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. When they were asked get service the people refused and when they were asked to go they stayed and sat there to challenge racial unfairness. -
1961
Congress stating
freedom riding. Thats when
blacks and whites rode together
in a car. Buses did not like this becuse they would get no money that also hurt the bissnes. -
james Meredith enrolls as the first African-American students at the University of Mississippi schools. President Kennedy or
james Meredith enrolls as the first African-American students at the University of Mississippi schools. President Kennedy orders federal troops to the University to protect them from other people. -
Nobel prize winner Dr.King
1964
Martin Luther King Jr. became the Youngest Nobel Prize Winner. He was the the second african american to to be awarded with the prize later he was
assassinated April 4th 1968. -
Mlk donates money
He donated the $53,123 of his Nobel prize money to the Movement. His goal was to have nobody judged by their skin color but by their personality. That is a very inportant Goal and a very responsible thing to do too. -
April, 4th 1968 dr. king assassined and dided
April, 4th 1968
Dr. King is killed by an assassin in Memphis, TN. His final resting place is in Atlanta. He was Assaned at the age of 39. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05pm that evening. James Earl Ray, a Run-Away from the Missouri State Penitentiary. -
Mlk B-day made
1983
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday is established Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an American federal holiday remembering the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is Celibrating on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's birthday. Martin Luther King, Jr's real birthday was around January 15. -
The deth of rosa parks
october 24th 2005
In 2004, Rosa was diagnosed with progressive dementia and died the next year on October 24, 2005
For Rosa's death, all of the city buses in Montgomery and Detroit reserved their front seats with black ribbons in her honor, and remained this way until Rosa was put into her final resting place. -
Coretta Scott King's deth
2006
Coretta Scott King, the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr wife, dies at the age 78 of a stroke. Mrs. King had moved into the forefront of the civil rights movement after the passing of her husband in 1968. -
2008 Barack Obama gets elected
2008
barack obama gets elected and is the first black president. In 2008 Barack Obama beats his republican rival in the vote for president of the U.S. He is now known as the 44th president.
