1955 - Rosa Parks doesn't give up her bus seat to a white man and gets arrested
1955 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is elected to be the leader of the boycott
1955 - Montgomery Bus Boycott starts
1957 - The Civil Rights Act is passed by Congress
1959 - 4 men sit all day at a whites-only lunch counter. Though people refused to serve them, they still stayed until the store closed. This started the Greensboro sit-ins and similar protests.
1962 - Meredith becomes the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi
1963 - President Kennedy delivers speech from the Oval Office discussing civil rights
1963 - President Kennedy is assassinated
1963 - Martin Luther King leads march to Pettus Bridge
1963 - Martin Luther King makes the I Have a Dream speech
1968 - Martin Luther Kings is Assassinated from his balcony
Interesting points, I like your picture!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Georgia, that's a powerful picture.
ReplyDeleteGreat choices for the timeline and great picture!
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