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Rosa Parks under arrest
1955 December 1, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested after she refused to her seat to a white passenger, which led to a one-year long bus boycott.
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SCLC Established
Martin Luther King established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference together with Charles K. Steel and Fred L. Shuttleworth, which later played a major role in organizing civil rights movement.
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SNCC Formation
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is founded. And it offers young blacks a place to carrying out their activities. But it later develops into a relatively radical organization.
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Dr. King Arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested during the anti-segregation protests in Birmingham. And he writes the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in his imprisonment and motivates numerous African Americans. http://www.wilderutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Martin-Luther-King-Arrested-in-Selma-1024x531.jpg?62075d -
I have a dream
The famous speech “I have a Dream” is delivered by Dr. King in Lincoln Memorial. There are over 200,000 people gated in listening to his powerful oration. It is a very inspiring experience for African Americans.
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Dr. King Asassinated
April 4, 1968
The leader of African American Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King, is assassinated, which leads to a nation-wide wave of race riots. African Americans are extremely sorrowed about his death.
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