CIVIL RIGHTS

By sjrichgirl

  • CRUSADE FOR CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN

    Sparked by the civil rights bill then pending in Congress. The campaign's objective was to register thousands of disenfranchised voters with an emphasis on educating prospective voters and establishing voter education clinics throughout the South. (King Encyclopedia).

  • SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)

    "The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, GA, in an effort to replicate the successful strategy and tactics of the recently concluded Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was chosen as president of this group dedicated to abolishing legalized segregation and ending the disenfranchisement of black southerners in a non-violent manner" (BlackPast.org).

  • FIRST DIRECT ACTION CAMPAIGN

    Conducted a series of marches to protest segregation and discrimination. However, due to the lack of planning and tension with the rival Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) the campaign was a failure. (BlackPast.org).

  • THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL

    A four-month campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, in which Dr. Martin Luther King was arrested. In jail, he produced his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", which called for immediate and continuous peaceful civil disobedience. It also introduced Birmingham Police Commissioner "Bull" Connor and demonstrators being intimidated by dogs and high-pressure fire hoses. (BlackPst.org). (Berkin, et. al., 2015).

  • MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO JOBS AND FREEDOM

    To pressure President Kennedy to make civil rights a priority, a March on Washington was organized and held. It is during this March when Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech".

  • BOMBING OF THE SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

    Four girls were killed when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed. This ultimately led President John F. Kennedy to call for a national civil rights act. (BlackPast.org).

  • DEMONSTRATIONS IN FLORIDA

    Organized demonstrations in St. Augustine, Florida. (BlackPast.org).

  • DEMONSTRATIONS IN ALABAMA

    Organized demonstrations in Selma, Alabama. This campaign led to President Lyndon Johnson's support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (BlackPast,org).

  • OPERATION BREADBASKET

    Created in Atlanta to create new jobs in the black community. Later spread to Chicago as part of the Chicago Campaign. (King Encyclopedia).

  • POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN

    The Poor People's Campaign was formed to bring thousands of poor people to Washington, DC, to guarantee employment, income, and housing for poor people of all ethnicities. (King Encyclopedia).

  • WASHINGTON, DC DEMONSTRATION

    Under the leadership of SCLC's new president, Ralph Abernathy, 3000 people camped in Washington from May 13 to June 24, 1968, as a tribute to King. (King Encylopedia).