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Civil Rights Movement Initiated Actions
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Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to a white passenger. -
Bus Boycott Ends
The bus boycott ended when Montgomery passed an ordinance authorizing black bus passengers to sit virtually anywhere they chose on buses. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine are escorted into Little Rock Central High School by the National Guard. -
Violent/Nonviolent Protests Graph
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Greensboro sit-ins begin
A series of sit-in begin in Greensboro on February 1st, 1960. -
Childrens Crusade
Thousands of African American children marched in Birmingham, Alabama to purposefully get arrested and fill up the jails. "As I have said on numerous occasions, we are not going to stand for this in Birmingham. And if necessary we will fill the jail full and we don't care whose toes we step on." - Bull Connor -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous I Have a Dream speech. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X is assassinated by the Nation of Islam -
MLK Assassination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Ron Stallworth Infiltrates KKK
Ron Stallworth posed as a white man over several phone calls with the KKK. They bought his act and made him an official KKK member.
