The Civil Rights Movement
On December 1, 1955, a 42-year-old black s ress named Rosa Parks refused to
give up her seat for a white person and was a ted for her action. Then a boycott of
the city’s s ted
buses by black people began in Montgomery. The leader was a young m ter, Martin Luther King, Jr. The
Supreme Court declared the city’s bus s
tion laws u nal. A b h among southern whites began and King’s
home was firebombed. The black community was brought to the b k of violence, but R d King insisted on a non t response. He was c ced that blacks could achieve e ty only through peaceful c l d ce. He led voter r tion drives among blacks, helped
organize s t- ns at segregated lunch counters, and
organized Freedom Riders to test f l
laws banning segregation in bus station facilities. Southern whites re ted violently. In August 1963, the
March on Washington was held. It was the largest civil rights d tion in American history. King gave
his most m able “I Have a Dream”
a ss. He offered a v sion of an America where l ty
and e ty
were realities for all citizens. In 1964, Congress p ssed the Civil Rights Act and King was
awarded with the Nobel P e
Prize.
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