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Civil rights

By Keaishahall18

  • Augusta movement

    n March 1960, students from Augusta's historically black Paine College initiated the direct action phase of the city's Civil Rights movement when they organized sit-ins at area department stores.

  • Albany Movement

    In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life.

  • Burmingham bombing

    The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the deadliest acts of violence to take place during the Civil Rights movement and evoked criticism and outrage from around the world.

  • Americus Movement

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers began organizing with black community leaders in Americus soon after their arrival in Sumter County in February 1963.