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Civil Rights bill
Civil Rights bill passed -
Arrested
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus -
Boycott
Montgomery bus boycott -
Prevention
Governor Farbus of Arkansas brings in National Guard to prevent black students from going into a white school. -
Sit In
Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter -
Burned!
Freedom riders bus burned -
Book
The Other America written by Michael Harrington -
Arrested
Peaceful demonstrators ruthlessly attacked in Birmingham, Alabama- MLK arrested. -
Letters
MLK writes Letter from a Birmingham jail -
March
March on Washington -
Speech
"I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King -
assasinated
John F. Kennedy assasinated -
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Presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President -
24th amendment
24th amendment passed -
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Harlem Riot of 1964
a racial confrontation between residents in several city boroughs and the New York City Police after an African American teenager had been shot dead by an off-duty police officer. -
assassination
Malcom X was shot and killed this day. -
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Watts Riots
Watts riots occured and had lasted almost more then 5 days. -
Voting rights act
Voting rights act 1965 -
Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated this day. -
Forced busing begins
In the fall of 1974 is when they had started forced busing but only to a certain limit. -
KING
Rodney king was beaten by police which was a little spark starting the Los Angeles riots in 1992. -
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Los Angeles Civil Unrest
Thousands of people in the Los Angeles area rioted over the six days following the verdict of rodney king.