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THE CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT BEGINS: Martin Luther King, Jr., led the Montogomery Bus Boycott. On the day that Rosa Parks was supposed to go to court a few African American leaders made the Montgomery Improvement Association to run the boycott and to end segregation. On Devember 5, 1955 King gave his famous speech at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church as the pastor. He wanted the protest to be peaceful. President Eisenhower agreed with the segregations as well, and in September 1957 in Little Rock Arkansas nine African Americans were able to attend Central High with 2000 other white students.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964.