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Civil Rights Movement
This is a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement. The timeline is used as a supplemental tool to provide students with background information about what is happening in the US during the novel; "Watson's go to Birmingham -1963 -
Non-Violent Protests
Non-Violent Protest Video
Four black students sat in a segregated woolworth's lunch counter demanding to be served. Six months later, the students were served lunch, This event triggered many other non-violent protests in the South. These protests eventually gave way for Black integration. -
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (sncc) founded to promote youth involvement. This made it possible for the Black youth to become involved with the Civil Rights Movement. -
University of Georgia Desegregates
The University of Georgia desegregates once Federal Judge orders the university to admit two African American students. White students protest against the desegregation of the University. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws -
Voter Registration Drive
Civil Rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King wrote the famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Birmingham Alabama arguing that have the right to disobey unjust laws. -
I have a dream
Speech Martin Luther King gives his famous "I have a dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. -
Church Bombing
Four girls died in a bombing during Sunday School at 16th st. Baptist church where many Civil Rights meetings are held. -
Poll Tax abolished
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which made it hard for Blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
News Broadcast President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation.
