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- Born in 1929 (January 15th)
- Could recite bibical messages at age five
- Started school a year early
- When giving up his seat to a white man . .

"It was the angriest I have ever been in my life"

- Declined leading the boycott to spend time with family, but then gives in
- Forms SCLC & spreads all over the U.S.
- Coretta (wife) is scared for MLK's safety & often has reoccurring dreams of him getting killed
- Becomes majorly depressed
- August 28, 1963 : March on Washington
- After JFK, says to wife

"I'm next"

- Assassinated April 4, 1968
- 149 riots in 12 days after King's death

"These re the moments where we feel all is lost" - Coretta

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- Stepped in during the bus boycott
- Influenced by Gandhi
-  Non - violence

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

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- Emmett Till
Moes Wrights testified in court & accused a white man of murder
- Alabama bus boycott
Sparked by Rosa Parks

"The only thing I was tired of was giving in"

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- During the Counter Cultural Movement
- POST : other groups were empowered

- "We Shall Overcome" : LBJ

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Integrated US

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- Republican
- 1953 / 1961

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- Democratic
- 1961 / 1963
Focused on the Cold War first

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- Deomcratic
- 1963 / 1969
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Voting Rights Act (1965)

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Freed the slaves

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All persons have the same rights - vote

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Cannot stop one person from voting due to their
- race
- colour
- previous servitude

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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What roadblocks were in the way of Civil Rights supporters, prior to 1955?

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What roadblocks were in the way of Civil Rights supporters, prior to 1955?

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"Separate, but equal is okay"

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What was the first tragedy in 1955 that galvanized Civil Rights to action & attention?

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What was the first tragedy in 1955 that galvanized Civil Rights to action & attention?

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Emmett Till - Black teen that said "bye" to a white woman (joked it was his girlfriend) & was murdered for his actions

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What was the first major event of the MCRM's quest for equality & how did it spark the larger movement

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What was the first major event of the MCRM's quest for equality & how did it spark the larger movement

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Montgomery bus boycott
- 1955
- Brought in MLK
- 381 days

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Little Rock Nine
- Whites put down the self - esteem of the nine
- Business cards were produced
- TODAY : Little Rock is still a school, but also a museum

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Segregation at counters
- Greensboro, NC

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Freedom Riders - desegregation in bus waiting rooms

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- "I Have A Dream" speech
- Birmingham (Bombingham) Alabama
--- Peaceful march turned into chaos
--- George Wallace (AL gov) wanted to stop the protest
--- Firehoses were shot at protesters

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Freedom Summer - Only in Mississippi
- three teens went missing
- over a month
- found with brutal scars

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Malcom X

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Selma, Alabama - "Bloody Sunday"
--- March over the bridge is stopped & all peaceful protesters are attacked & teragassed

Black Power Movement
--- Violent
--- Storkley Charmichael * Bobby Seal
--- "By all means necessary"

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MLK is assassinated

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- 1896

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- 1954

"Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"

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- 1965
- Ban race discrimination public / employ/ federal programs

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- 1965
- Abolishes restrictions on Blacks voting in the South