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JFK Birth
In1917 JFK was born into a wealthy family that had political ties to it -
MLK birth
MLK was born on January 15 1929, in Atlanta Georgia -
Medgar Evers
In 1943 Evers was drafted in to the U.S. army -
Medgar Evers
In 1952 Evers got a job as a insurance salesman -
Medgar Evers
After the killing of Emmitt Till in 1955, Evers and other NAACP official testifyed against Tills murderers -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refusedd to give up her seat to a whiteman on the bus on her way home from work. -
Rosa Parks
When Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus it started a boycott. MLk actually led the boycott -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr.s house was bombed while he was at a press conference -
Medgar Evers
In Febuary 1957 Medgar Evers attended a meeting and was elected assitant secretary of the SCLC -
JFK
John F. Kennedy recieved support from black voters in the 1960 election -
Medgar Evers
Spring of 1963, mass demonstrations and rallies to protest against Jackson because of his racial problems -
Medgar Evers
June 12th 1963 Evers was assassinated -
JFK
On June 1963, he committed all of his powers of his office to have equal rights -
JFk
November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was killed by assassains bullet -
MLK
Martin Luther King JR. was shot and killed by a sniper in a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Rosa Parks
NAACP awarded Rosa in 1979 with the Spingarm medal by the National Association of colored people -
Rosa Park
Rosa Parks dies