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EMAN ABID KATIE ALLEN TORY GRAHAM
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Civil Rights 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and sparks The Bus Boycott 1957: Schools are starting to be integrated: “Little Rock Nine” 1960: restaurant counter sit-ins influenced successful sit-ins in almost every other public area
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1961: Freedom Riders 1963: Martin Luther King Jr.’s marches and speeches influenced thousands 1965: protests and marches are being violently stopped. 1965 – “Bloody Sunday” at Pettus Bridge. 1961: Freedom Riders 1963: Martin Luther King Jr.’s marches and speeches influenced thousands 1965: protests and marches are being violently stopped. 1965 – “Bloody Sunday” at Pettus Bridge.
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11946: 75,000+ workers go on strike (1000+ killed by police) 11951: ANC issued a freedom charter (people arrested) 11952: burned identification passes (many went to jail) 11960: Blacks don’t carry passes, government declares a state of emergency, 69 people killed and 187 wounded.
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Anti Apartheid Cont… 1962: UN and SCAA support a political and peaceful change 1963: Nelson Mandela, head of the African National Congress, is imprisoned. 1970s: Whites join blacks in demonstrations. 1976: The Soweto uprising 1980s: People and governments launch an international campaign to boycott South Africa. 1980s: Thousands of Africans who are banned from white-controlled areas ignore the laws and pour into forbidden regions in search of work.
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late 1980s: Countries internationally increase pressure and some segregation laws are reversed. 1986: President Ronald Reagan attempts to veto the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act. 1990: South African President Frederik W. de Klerk lifted the ban outlawing the African National Congress (ANC) and frees Nelson Mandela and 5 other apartheid activists from prison. 1991: South African President repeals the rest of the apartheid laws and calls for the drafting of a new constitution
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"American Experience | Eyes on the Prize | Primary Sources |." PBS. PBS. 01 Feb. 2009. “Anti-Apartheid.” Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. 28 Jan. 2009.http://www.avoiceonline.org/aam/timeline.html> “Apartheid Timeline.” United Nations Cyberschool Bus. 2009. 28 Jan. 2009 ;. http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/discrim/race_b_at_print.asp> "Civil Rights Movement Timeline — Infoplease.com." Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help. — Infoplease.com. 28 Jan. 2009. “Nelson Mandela Rally.” No date. Online Image. 28 Jan. 2009.www.ccfplus.com/?p=509 “Peaceful Protest.” No date. Online Image. 28 Jan. 2009.</.../apartheid/EndofApartheid.htm Pettus, Peter. “More Protesters.” 27 Feb. 2007. Online Image. 28 Jan. 2009.thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/.../the-week-ahead/ “Protesters.” No date. Online Image. Seattle Civil Rights History Project. 28 Jan. 2009.depts.washington.edu/labhist/pnwlabor/ “Sign on Durban Beach.” No date. Online Image. 28 Jan. 2009.http://www.south-africa-tours-and- travel.com/history-of-south-africa.html
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