1620 : Plymouth Rock 1861 : Civil War broke out 1865 : Northern States won the war 1925 : Malcom X born 1929 : Martin Luther King born 1913 : Rosa Parks born 2005 : Rosa Parks died 1963 : Martin Luther King’s speech 1965 : Malcom X was assassinated 1965 : Malcom X was assassinated 1968 : Martin Luther King was assassinated 1995-12-01 : Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man 1995-12-05 : The boycott started in Alabama