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rosa parks
-Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on \Montgomery Alabama bus to a while person triggering a successful year long African American boycott of the bus system -
The Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott began December 5, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956, 381 days later -
Segregation of busses
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the segregation of Montgomery, Ala., buses is unconstitutional -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Helps found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to work for full equality for African Americans. -
College students hold a sit in
Four African American college students hold a sit-in to integrate a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N,C. launching a wave of similar protest across the south. -
March on Washington, D.C
More than 200,000 people march on Washington, D.C., in the largest civil rights demonstration ever; Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
voting right act
Even though the 15th amendment gave all races the right too vote, laws still existed that kept them from voting -
melcom X assassinated
melcom X assassinated but his killer was never found -
watts riots
the largest riot in history was the watts roits -
I have a dream
martin luther king jr gave his speach I Have A Dream -
Martin Luther king jr, assassinated
Killed by James earl ray. King was shot while on his balcony but who was behind the murder is controversial -
Forced busing begins
schools made black and whites go to different schools even if you lived by a school and it was for whites you could not go you would have to ga to one on the other side of town if you went to school
