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MLK Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. moves from Montgomery to Atlanta to have more time with the SCLC and the freedom struggle. -
JFK x MLK
Martin Luther meets with presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. -
Minimum Wage Hike
JFK signs legislation increasing minimum wage from $1/hr to $1.25/hr, this is to take place by September 1963. -
Assault
A member of the American Nazi Party assaults Martin Luther King in Alabama. -
Tax Cuts
President John Kennedy speaks of a plan for recovery in the economy that stresses large tax cuts for businesses. These proposals become part of the Tax Reduction Act law in 1964. -
JFK Assassination
The president is assassinated in Dallas, Texas and the VP is sworn in the same day. -
Whites Only
MLK is arrested and put in jail for demanding service at a whites only restaurant. -
Bloody Sunday
Voting rights marchers are beaten in Selma, Alabama as they try to march to Montgomery. -
Vietnam War Protests
People march at the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther is shot in the head while standing on the balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
