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Bus Boycott
After a black woman wouldn't give her seat up to a white man on a Montgomery bus, she started a bus boycott that lasted over a year. -
Racial Discrimination
Civil rights leaders and pastors meet to plan nonviolent protests against racial discrimination. -
Act of 1957
President signs Civil Acts Rights of 1957 for voter rights. -
Lunch Counter
Four students started a boycott against lunch counters in Greensboro, eventually getting over a hundred others to join in. They ended up getting served! -
Washington March
A peaceful march that resulted in one of the most popular ones with 250,000 people there (blacks and whites)! This was all for equality. -
Church of Birmingham
Church in Birmingham bombed, killing young girls. This starts multiple angry protests. -
Act of 1964
President Johnson signs law that "guaranteed equal employment for all limited the use of voter literacy tests and allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated." -
Selma to Montgomery
600+ people walk in protest to black voting suppression. -
Assassination
MLK assassinated, opening people's eyes'. -
Fair Housing Act
President signs act that promises equal housing no matter race, religion, etc.