PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court Justice
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
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Martin Luther King, Jr gave his famous “I have a dream” speech
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated
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Detailed explanation-1: -On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech to a massive group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this iconic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Detailed explanation-3: -On August 28, 1963, some 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves, a young man named Martin Luther King climbed the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to describe his vision of America.
Detailed explanation-4: -“I Have a Dream” – Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963 In his most famous speech, King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and called for an end to racism in the United States before a crowd of more than 250, 000 people.