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Boston bus riots

Boston had a lot of trouble desegregating schools

Boston schools districts attendance dropped from 60,000 to 40,000 55 schools in massachusetts were racially imbalanced while 44 of them were in boston

White students had many attacks on african americans for example Attorney Theodore Landsmark pictured below

A white teenager was stabbed to death by a group of black students

Black students threw rocks at auto mechanic richard poleet causing him to crash almost killing him

Martin luther king jr.'s assasination

At the time the youngest person to win a nobel peace prize during his 13 years of leadership african americans made more progress than the previous 350 years

Martin luther kings jrs i have a dream speech is one of the most respected speeches of all time

MLK led a coalition of civil rights group in a nonviolent campaign against birmingham alabama one of the most segregated cities in america

He was assassinated by James Earl Ray on april 4th 1968

Later in 1968 his wife coretta the marfi luther king jr center for nonviolent social changes as a living memorial to his life

Robert Kennedy

Born in brookline ma on november 20 1925

Started to study at harvard but interrupted his studies to join the navy in world war 2

In 1953

RFK left the committees staff to run JKFs campaign for president in 1960 which he won

JFK appointed RFK attorney general were he continued to serve months after his brothers death

RFK announces his candidacy for president on march 16th 1968 and On june 4th he won the california presidential primary

He was assassinated by bishara sirhan a palastinian immigrant shot on june 5th

Five others were also shot

RFK died on june 6th 1968 1:44

Massive resistance

Massive resistance was a group of laws adopted in 1956 to block desegregation in public schools

Most laws to implement massive resistance were overturned by state and federal courts within a year

On june 26th 1954 byrd announces that he will use all legal means to continue segregate schools in virginia

The practice of policy of favoring individuals belonging to minorities

Civil rights act of 1964

JFK first announced the civil rights act on june 11th 1963 LBJ addresses congress after JFKs death “no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long” the bill met heavy opposition from the senate.