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Civil Rights
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Civil disobedience
Birmingham, AL
1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr.
launches a campaign against discrimination
only 15% of voters were black
March on Washington
King led more than 200,000 black and white demonstrators
"I Have a Dream"
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Civil Rights Movement
Sit-ins
four freshmen in NC
19 day two
35 day three
by Friday, 1000
Freedom Riders
1961 Anniston, AL
white mob torched bus
1961 Montgomery, AL
RFK's personal representative beat unconscious
Kennedy Assasination
Desegragation
University of Mississippi
"Ole Miss"
November 22, 1963 - Dallas, TX
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
29 yr. old air force veteran - James Meredith
encountered violent opposition
Kennedy sent in 400 federal marshalls and 3000 troops to escort Meredith to his first class - Colonial American History
1963 - RFK orders a wiretap of MLK