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Montgomery bus boycotts
The Bus boycotts helped to dessegregate busses so they no longer had to sit in the back or give their seat up to any white person that wanted their seat -
Sit ins
The sit ins desegregated lunch counters so that colored people could sit at the counters in diners -
freedom rides
the freedome rides took place when the boycotts ended. the freedom riders were a group of white and black people who rode the busses to see if they could ride the bus route without being harmed. The riders were beaten at multiple stops -
Malcolm x assasination
Malcolm x was a civil rights activist who preached violent protest instead of non violent like Martin luther king Jr did. -
MLK assasination
MLK was assasinated while staying at a motel participating in a peacefull protest
