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A woman of color named Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus
A 42 year old women was exausted after a long day at work. she was ridding the buss home when a white man got on the buss, she being the only black person sitting on the bus was supposed to give the seat up to the whites. she did not! -
boycott
montgumry bus boycott. the baptist church in montgumry refussed to ride the buses. -
homes bombed
four churches and the homes of king and abernathy were bombed by the montgumary officals to try to stop the boycott -
courts rulled
the congress pass a rule that abolished bus segragation -
The House Judiciary Committee held a series of hearings on the proposed legislation during the summer
proposed bill was amended during the committee process to broaden the scope of protections. -
The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation
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poor kennedy
President Kennedy was assassinated. -
President Lyndon Johnson
asserted his commitment to President Kennedy's legislative agenda, particularly civil rights legislation. -
The House of Representatives passed a final version of the Civil Rights Act on
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Martin Luther King Jr.
was killed
