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Anna : The Civil Rights act of 1964.

In 1960 John F Kennedy was elected as the president of America. He was no racist. He was on the side of the Black Americans and argued FOR them in the Civil rights act of 1964. On the 12th of June 1963 the bill was introduced by president Kennedy. In this bill he requested that ALL americans, black and white, have the rights to be served in the same facilities which are open to the public. Such as; hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments. Bassically the bill was set in place to outlaw racial segregation in schools, public places and employment. This was mainly aimed to stop the racism around the entire USA. The president himself was not an African American, he was indeed one of the white people.

Hung -1957: Resistance in little rock - In September 1957 the town of Little Rock, Ankarsas, decided to send nine gifted black students to a central high school for white. This was the first step of combining black students with the white students. However, the white against that idea. Furthermore the Govenor of Ankarsas sent the Ankarsas National Guard to prevent them from entering the school. Fortunately, the President Eisenhower sent 1000 paratroopers to Little Rock to protect and escort the black into their lessons.This incident did not stop the white students' abuse. White student destroyed lockers, which was owned by the black students. Also, one black female student had acid sprayed directly into her face. Inspite of those act, in May 1958 Ernest Green became the first black student graduate of Central High School.

Cheryl - The Montgomery bus boycott 1955. On 1st December, 1955 Rosa Parkes, a black had caught a bus to Montgomery, Alabama where the segregation rules were strict. Rosa was sitting on the front row seats of the bus with some other black people. When a white had boarded the bus, the bus driver had asked all the blacks to move to the back, creating a new row for the whites. All the blacks had complied, but Rosa had refused to move. Rosa was then arrested for not obeying the driver's orders, she was then fined $10 and a court cost of $4. After this incident, there was a meeting encouraging blacks to boycott the buses. As black people were the main bus users, the boycott was very empty. This boycott had eventually ended about a year later when the Supreme Court had declared that segregation was now illegal. HEY, CAN SOMEONE TELL THEUY TO DO HIS HOMEWORK? THX.