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  • named Martin Luther King, Jr., organized a boycott of the bus line. It was the first major implementation of the doctrine of non-violence in the civil rights struggle. It demonstrated to Negroes that, as a people, they had power that they lacked
  • Violence• 3 Prftldenl Incident Cemmenf S. Kennedy(1962) Drscgrrg,ationor Uui• ver· James II. Mc:-r.-dith. 4. Kenned)·(1963) Demo11strallu11s led by President readit'd troops Dr. Martin Luther for use
  • Negro. Frakes was arrested at 12:35 A.M. on Sunday morning, Jurie 11. That evening, concurrent with the commenc:;e:;f , / a Baptist Convention, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke i~ gne . ~f l.fte churches. . . ~~& . Following th7' speech
  • of the . chase, they began to participate ~ Some att~rnpted to help the officers in locating the suspects. R. c. Oates, one of the 17 Negroes on the 5OO-man , . Tampa police force, spotted 19-year old Martin Chambers, ' bare. to the waist, wriggling aw~y
  • in 16,000 tllKl(ll. 4. Kenncdr (196:3) Dcmonstrations,lcl b.­ Dr. Martin Luth,·r • King in Birmingham, Ala. President readied troops fnr u.,c hut did not send them to Birmi11gham. 5. Kcnncdr (1%'3) DeSt·,:re,:ation of lJ ni­ venih- of Alalxuna at Tusc
  • • .. was was not -au­ said he I if a lawful request would issue a proclamation the requests the legislature and the Governor therefore to apply for aid. that had not arrived were denied on the ground that thorized interference Rhode 'Island Governor King
  • and be transported . in wagons or buses to the area of need. • Security is necessary to prevent damage to the.parked and unattended vehicles: D. Helicopters should be used to check roof-tops for lu;:king suspects and for storage of rocl