Civilrights

Civil Rights

By emma.fullen

  • CORE developed the 'sit-in'

    The 'sit-in' tactic was developed to desegregate the Jack Spratt Coffee House in Chicago.

  • The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is created

    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an independent civil rights organization.

  • The March on Washington

    More than 200,000 peaceful protestors marched in Washington, D.C.

  • Selma March

    Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders organized a march from Selma to Montgomery (50 miles) to give attention to voting rights

  • Ratification of the 24th Amendment

    The 24th amendment, ratified in 1964, outlawed poll tax.

  • Malcom X shot

    Malcolm X, a black Muslim and radical and militant leader of the Civil Rights Movement was shot and killed.