Sequencing of events for the MLK test

1955-56 Bus Boycott to end segregation in

public transportation in the city of

Montgomery, Alabama

1

Election of John F. Kennedy – Nov 8, 1960

(Worked in coordination with MLK and helped advanced the civil rights movement)

2

“Letter from the Birmingham Jail” – April 16, 1963

(written in response to a statement of opposition from eight Alabama clergymen)

3

March on Washington – August 28, 1963

(I Have a Dream speech)

4

Assassination of JFK – November 22, 1963

5

Civil Rights Act passed – July 2, 1964

6

Bloody Sunday – Selma, Alabama (March 7, 1965)

7

Voting Rights Act passed – August 6, 1965

8

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr – April

4, 1968 (Memphis, Tennessee)

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