1963 - this is the event that King delivered his famous 'I have a dream' speech - initially Kennedy didn't want the march to take place as he was worried it would turn violent - however the march remained peaceful and non-violent
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
1955-56 - Rosa Parks was thrown off a bus for refusing to move - African Americans boycotted all buses led by King - transport finally desegregated
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Greensboro Sit-ins
1960 - SNCC held sit-ins - sat at white counters to challenge segregation - led to gradual desegregation of public places
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Albany
1961-62 - unsuccessful as Police Chief Laurie Pritchett denied the protesters any media coverage
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Birmingham
1963 - Police responded to protesters with brutality - police chief "Bull" Connor - Gathered media attention - forced federal and presidential (Kennedy) intervention - stores were to be desegregated and employment discrimination ended
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Selma
1965 - 400 black people register to vote - 700 people arrested during protests - local sheriff used cattle prods on demonstrating students
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Meredith March
1966 - Meredith shot during March - SCLC, SNCC, CORE and NAACP completed the march - "Freedom Now" and "Black Power" were both chanted - marking a shift from non-violence towards radicalism
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Chicago
1966 - highlighted that peaceful protests would not work in the north - heatwave - riots erupted after police cut off water to the fire hydrants - King failed in Chicago because he could not relate to the de facto discrimination in the North
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
1955-56 - Rosa Parks was thrown off a bus for refusing to move - African Americans boycotted all buses led by King - transport finally desegregated
Back
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Card 3
Front
1960 - SNCC held sit-ins - sat at white counters to challenge segregation - led to gradual desegregation of public places
Back
Card 4
Front
1961-62 - unsuccessful as Police Chief Laurie Pritchett denied the protesters any media coverage
Back
Card 5
Front
1963 - Police responded to protesters with brutality - police chief "Bull" Connor - Gathered media attention - forced federal and presidential (Kennedy) intervention - stores were to be desegregated and employment discrimination ended
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