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Montgomery Bus Boycott
[https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott]
Blacks boycott the Montgomery, Ala. public bus system for a year after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat. -
Emmett Till Murder
[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till]
Emmett Till, a black teenager, is found dead after flirting with a white woman. Evidence points to two white men, but they are acquitted by an all-white jury. News of the case brings nationwide attention to the Civil Rights movement. -
Sit-in Campaigns
[http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp]
students across the country staged sit-ins to protest the segregation in restaurants. -
Assassination of JFK
Kennedy, a supporter of the civil rights movement, is killed during a paradise in Dallas -
Birmingham Protests
protesters march on Birmingham, Ala. MLK is jailed and writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" advocating non-violence -
Nobel peace prize
[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-wins-nobel-peace-prize]
MLK is awarded the Nobel peace prize for his work in the civil rights movement. -
The civil rights act
[https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act]
legislation signed by President Johnson prohibits discrimination in all public places. -
Assassination of MLK
[https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination]
MLK is shot at his motel in Memphis, Tenn, and dies leaving the country shock.
