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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1st 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery Alabama. In November 1956, a federal court ordered that Montgomery’s buses be desegregated and the Boycott stopped. -
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Civil rights Movement
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The Campaign of “ Massive Restiance “ to school deradation
Arkansas Governor, Orval Fabus, ordered his states national guard to bar entry to nine African Americans students to Little Rock’s central high school. -
March on Washington
In August 1963, a quarter million people marched down the National Mall in Washington DC calling for ‘ jobs and freedom ‘. -
The letter from Birmingham Jail
During 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a coalition of civil rights groups aimed at Birmingham Alabama. At this time, this city was known as being the most segregated. It was during this time that Martin Luther King Jr. drafted the “ Letter from Birmingham jail” - the manifesto of “ Martin Luther Jr’s philosophy and practice. -
Civil right Act
Thus Act essentially elimated legalized racial segregation in the US. The legislation made it illegal to discriminate against black or other minorities in hiring, public accommodations, education or transportation. -
The March Selma to Montgomery
When the police killed a local resident, Jimmie Lee Jackson, in February 1965, the director of the Selm Movement, James bevel, conjured up a plan to march from Selma to Montgomery. -
Voting rights Act
This Act got rid of the remaining barriers to voting for African-Americans, who is some places had been almost completely deprived. -
Dr Kings “ Time to break silence” speech
This speech was an attempt by Martin Luther King Jr. to bridge the gap between civilal rights and economic justice and to demonstrate the connections of theses issues. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on the 4th of April 1968 Riots broke out in black neighborhoods in more than 110 cites across the US in the days that followed. -
Civil Rights Act- Fair housing Act
This Act was passed by the house of Representatives and sighed into law by President Johnson shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King and is considered the last great legislature achievement of the civil right era.
