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Montgomery Bus Boycotts
The Montgomery Bus Boycotts were a non-violent protest. Many African-Americans stopped riding buses in hopes that they would lose profit and therefore stop segregating them. The boycotts lasted for about a year. -
Sit-In Movement
Four African-American students sat at a whites only counter in a department and when they were refused service, stayed there until until the store closed. The next day, 29 more students did the same thing. By 1961, 100 cities had sit-ins occur in them. -
The Freedom Riders
Teams of African-Americans and white volunteers rode buses to protest the bus segregation. This was met with lots of violence from white mobs. They would throw rocks at the buses, slit the tires, and even set a bus on fire. -
Marches in Birmingham
Martin Luther King joined a civil rights movement in Birmingham. City officials wanted the march to stop, but the protesters refused and many of them were arrested, including King. Police would attack the marchers with clubs, fire hoses, and police dogs. -
The March on Washington
More than 250,000 people came to the non-violent march. There were musicians, religious leaders, and celebrities at the event. This is where Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Selma March
This was a 50 mile march from Selma to Montgomery to put pressure on congress and the president to act on civil rights. When the marchers got to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the sheriff ordered them to disperse. When they didn't many protesters were beat in full vision of television cameras. It left 70 marchers injured, and 70 hospitalized.
