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rosa parks montgomomery bus boycott
rosa parks , an african american steamstress sat down in a empty seat. the bus driver wanted her to give up her seat to a white passenger. the law in montgomery is that african americans must give there seats up to a white passenger . she rufused to get up in move. -
civil rights act
president eisenhower signed into a law. congress passed this law for the blacks to be free. the law was to investigate violations of the civil rights. -
sit in in greensboro
4 african americancollege students come into a doughnut shop to order doughnuts and coffee. the waitress rufused tto serve them . they got up and sat up at the lunch counter until they closed. -
kennedy backs civil rights
president kennedy delivered a moving televised adress . he said the civel rights were a moral issue. he declared that the nation had obligation to fulfill its promise, giving all americans equal rights. -
march on washington
the march on washington was a march to the capital for dr. martin luther king jr. would make a speach infront of the lincoln memorial. he made his peach i have a dream. double of the expected 100,00 showed up to kings speach. -
bombing in birmingham
three weeks after the march a bomb exploded in the sixteenth street baptist church in birmingham. the church wa sthe headquarters for the sclc . four young african american girls were killed in the bombing -
president kennedy was assassinated
president kennedy was assassinated in dallas texas . vice president lyndon B johnson asummed the presidency. all this happened 2 mounths after the march in washington