whites—and made him internationally famous. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations. In spite of King’s stress on nonviolence‚ he often became the target of violence. White racists bombed his home in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ and threw rocks at him in Chicago. Finally‚ violence ended King’s life at the age of 39‚ when an assassin shot and killed him. Some historians view King’s death as the end of the civil rights era that began in the mid-1950. Under his
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the Salt March in 1930. Gandhi and his followers walked 240 miles to the India ocean to peacefully protest the British monopoly on Indian salt. Over 80‚000 Indians protested the British by making salt without paying the tax. In 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a bus. King‚ along with the help of the Birmingham African-American community‚ boycotted Montgomery buses for 385 days until a US district court ruling ended racial segregation on montgomery public
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James Meredith who was armed with a federal court order to sign up for classes at the all-white Mississippi university and wasn’t able to until the Kennedy administration who sent federal state troops an d officials. He graduated in 1963 and began “March against fear”. And he later got a law degree at Colombia University. Mississippi governor Ross Barnett. Barnett‚ like some other Southern politicians‚ had been a moderate who veered to the right‚ embracing segregation to get more white votes. Barnett
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education would be presumed to be literate. King‚ the SCLC‚ CORE the NAACP‚ SNCC‚ and other civil rights groups had no intention of allowing this bill to die in Congress. To demonstrate the strength of public demand for this legislation‚ they would march on Washington. pg262 “On February 4
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On the 25th of March 1965‚ Martin Luther King led thousands of non violent demonstrators‚ both black and white‚ to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery after a five day trek from Selma. The marchers‚ who were a coalition of the SNCC‚ SCLC and many others‚ were fighting for equal voting rights. As the marchers went towards Montgomery‚ they were stopped at the Pettus Bridge by a police blockade‚ led by a strong and violent
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Luther King Jr. was chosen as the leader and official spokesman of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which took place after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. This boycott‚ which lasted for 381 days‚ resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that segregated seating on public buses was unconstitutional in November 1956. King’s persuasive and eloquent
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in Egypt‚ more commonly referred to as Exodus‚ can be found in the Bible’s Old Testament. The movement for the Israelites’ escape from Egypt and that of the civil rights era presented themselves in similar enough ways for civil rights marchers in Selma‚ Alabama to quote a passage from the Book of Joshua to commemorate their marches. “When your children shall ask you in the time to come saying ‘What mean these stones?’ Then you shall tell them how you made it over.” This inscription was surely chosen
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attacks. On March 7‚ 1965 a march planned from Selma to Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ turned violent. The march is known as “Bloody Sunday” where demonstrators were severely injured. King was not in the march but made sure to be in the next one. On March 9‚ 1965 another march was planned with King included. The marchers attempted crossing the Pettus Bridge again. State troopers met them. Instead of confronting them‚ he knelt in prayer and turned back. Avoiding the previous catastrophe. The march aroused support
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT NOTE TAKING THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II • Black American soldiers had fought against Fascism during WWII • Increased their desire for freedom‚ especially the south african american. • While resistance took the form of beatings‚ shootings‚ refusal of credit and jobs. • The Committee of Civil Rights was set up by President Truman inn 1947 and a program of reforms was devised. THE 1950s • Black Americans moved to the cities and towns from agricultural. • Children
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par. 1). Martin Luther King grew into the most essential voice for the Civil Rights Movement because he believed in using nonviolent resistance to try and overcome injustice‚ by guiding peaceful mass demonstration in many communities‚ that led to a march that attracted more than 250‚000 black and
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