the secret life of bees

By nancyen10

  • martin luther king is arrested

    martin luther king is arrested
    Martin Luther King was arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham on April 16

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

  • malcolm x was shot to death

    malcolm x was shot to death
    Malcolm X, black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is shot to death

  • the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed
    Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.

  • Stokely Carmichael, coins the phrase "black power"

    Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary."9

  • roits inthe black section of la erupt

    Race riots erupt in a black section of Los Angeles.