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Rosa Parks was born
Tuskegee, Alabama -
Rosa and her mother moved to Pine Level, Alabama
Rosa and her mother moved to Pine Level, Alabama -
Megdar Evers was born
Magdar Evers was born in Dacatur Mississippi -
Rosa first got involved in civil rights by her boyfriend Raymond
Rosa first got involved in civil rights by her boyfriend Raymond -
Rosa Parks gets married to Raymond Parks
Rosa Parks gets married to Raymond Parks -
Rosa Parks joined the NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
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Medgar Evers was inducted
inducted into the military along with his older brother, Charles Evers -
Evers was discharged
Evers was discharged from the army as a sergeant -
Evers enrolled into Alcorn College
Enrolled into Alcorn College and would have been majoring in
business association -
Evers helps investigate the Emmett Till death
1954- Evers helped investigate the death of Emmett Till, an African American teenage that was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman. -
Evers succeeded in getting black student enrolled
1954- Evers succeeded in getting the first black student enrolled at the University of Mississippi. -
Evers attempts to enroll into Mississippi Law
Evers attempts to enroll into the Mississippi law school but is denied -
Evers decides to work with the NAACP
After his denial at Mississippi, he has decided to become the field secretary at NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, to desegregate a school in which racial discrimination was a big factor. -
Rosa Parks gets arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
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The boycott of the buses starts
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Bus Boycott President
Martin Luther King Jr. joined and was
elected president of the bus boycott after Rosa
Parks was arrested. -
The boycott of the busesends
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Rosa Parks wins the case and her arrest was considered unconstitutional
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Southern Christian Leadership Confrence formed
King created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to help lead in the civil rights movement. -
Attempted assasination
King was almost killed from an assassination attack when a man stabbed him in Harlem. -
MLK resigns from being a pastor
He resigns from being a pastor to focus full time on the Civil Rights Movement and moved to Atlanta to work with the SCLC in 1959. -
Evers attempts to end segregation
1960’s- Attempt to end the segregation in Mississippi by starting and organizing the Jackson movement -
MLK arrested for the first time
King was arrested in Atlanta for 4 months during a sit-in while waiting to be served at a restaurant. -
MLK arrested again
He was arrested again on July 27, 1962 during an unsuccessful movement in Albany, Georgia. -
Birmingham campaign
On April 13, 1963 King began the Birmingham campaign. -
Desegregation in Birmingham
The campaign was a success, and by May 10th Birmingham desegregated public facilities and started hiring African Americans. -
Evers was harrassed continuously
May 28, 1963- He was harassed continuously and had a gas bomb thrown at his carport at his house -
Evers was assassinated by Byron De LaBeckwith
June 12, 1963- Evers was assassinated by a Klan member by the name of Byron De LaBeckwith, who shot Evers in the back of the head. -
Freedom Walk
On June 23, 1963 125,000 people were led by King on the Freedom Walk in Detroit. -
March on Washington
On August 31, 1963 MLK led the March on Washington with almost 250,000 protesters and delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. -
MLK shot and killed
On April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee, MLK was shot and killed while standing on a balcony. His murder caused many riots in cities all across America. -
Rosa Parks dies
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Rosa Parks cite
Lee,ChanaKai.”RosaParks.”American National Biography(From Oxford University Press)(2010):Research Starters. Web. 24 Apr.2014. -
Citation
"NAACP History: Medgar Evers." NAACP. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
"Medgar Evers." Timetoast. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Citations
Cicely, Douglas. "Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church." Eds.a.ebscohost.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
“MLK Being Arrested.” Photograph. 4 Sept. 1958. Web. 24 April 2014.
Peake, Thomas R. "Martin Luther King, Jr." N.p., Jan. 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2014.
“Smiling for Nobel Peace Prize.” Photograph. 8 Nov. 1964. Web. 24 April 2014.
