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Civil Rights Movement: Major Events in the Early Years: Montgomery Bus Boycott & The Lunch Counter Sit Ins

MLK: The Early Years Born Jan 15, 1929 3rd Generation Preacher First Real Exposure to Racism at 6 - White Friendship ended because of race Started down a path of hating Whites-Changed after working on an integrated farm up North Started at Morehouse college at 15 in 1944 Ordained at 19 June 1955 Earned Ph.D. - Theology/Philosophy from Boston University Moved to Montgomery to start 1st Pastorate Position

Rosa Parks Refused to give up seat on Dec. 1, 1955 Was 42 y/o Secretary of Local NAACP Chapter and Department Store Seamstress Refused to Give up Seat to White man that wanted her seat in the “Colored” section Was Arrested for “Failure to Take a seat among the Race to which she belongs.” Misdemeanor Offense that became a National Test Case for the NAACP

The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Birth of a Movement Organized after the Arrest of Parks Run by the MIA-Montgomery Improvement Assoc. MLK Elected as President to oversee Operations Citizens walked or used Organized Carpools 300 Cars donated to get people to work etc. Tried to make it illegal to resist –Used Obscure Labor laws to arrest MLK twice KKK firebombed MLK’s home in Jan. 1956 Nov 15, 1956 Local Court rules in favor of segregationist Same day Supreme Court rules segregation on buses is illegal Dec 20, 1956 Boycott Ends- Lasted 382 days

SCLC: The New Movement Formed after the Montgomery Bus Boycott Main Platform was to oppose all forms of Segregation and to increase Voter Registration for People of Color 1960 MLK resigns from Montgomery Church to move to Atlanta and run the Organization His work with this organization earns him worldwide attention and eventually the Nobel Peace Prize

The Student Sit Ins & SNCC Feb 1960 4 African American students in Greensboro, NC stage the first Lunch Counter Sit-In at a Woolworths -1500 Arrested! Peaceful Protest-No Retaliation As soon as one is arrested, another took their place at the counter MLK came to town and helped organize the Students and form SNCC Joined by CORE-Congress On Racial Equality- From Northern Cities Also Staged Wade-Ins at Segregated Pools and Beaches Pray-Ins at White Churches Led to the Freedom Riders