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Brown V. Broad of Education of Topeka
In Topeka, Kansas Linda Brown was not allowed to enter her school. Her case went to the Supreme Court and Thurgood Marshall decided that all schools in the nation had to desegregate. -
Arrest of Rosa Parks
In Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus. The method of this protest was nonviolent defiance and the result was that it was the rallying point for organizing the black community. -
Pearsall Plan
Governer Hodges started a non-violent plan to pay for kids to go to a non-racially mixed school. This was enforced by the government. -
Little Rock Nine
In Little Rock, Arkansas nine students were escorted by the Federal Troops into their Central HIgh School -
Greensboro Sit-in
In Greensboro, North Carolina four African American college students started a non-violent sit-in protest. This protest started welcoming and encouraging African Americans into public faclilties and sit-ins started spreading. They also encouraged public facilities to desegregate voluntatily. -
Letter From Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. sent a nonviolent letter from the Birmingham Jail in Alabama. He expressed how he felt about his life and why he did the actions he did. The result of his letter was that many people understood him and knew how he felt. -
Assassination Of The King
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray who shot him at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennesse. James Earl Ray was arrested and Martin Luther King Jr. died soon after he was shot.
