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1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full

  • 1st December 2021
  • Tagged as: Alabama, America, Civil Rights, Rosa Parks, United States, USA

This simple act of defiance led to her quickly becoming a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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25th March 1965: The Selma to Montgomery March ends at the Alabama State Capitol

  • 25th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Alabama, Civil Rights, Johnson, March, Martin Luther King, Montgomery, Protest, Racism, Selma

The marchers arrived in Montgomery on 25 March, where King made his ‘How Long, Not Long’ speech to a crowd of more than 25,000 people.

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21st October 1921: U.S. President Warren G. Harding publicly condemns lynching in a speech in Alabama

  • 21st October 2020
  • Tagged as: Alabama, America, Civil Rights, Harding, Lynching, Murder, Racism, United States, USA

In October 1921 Harding travelled to Alabama. Here he expressed his support for anti-lynching laws that would hold counties responsible for the illegal hangings, and lodge federal murder cases against the participants.

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