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Greensboro Sit-in
Many African Americans sat down at lunch counters where they refused to give up their seats -
Greensboro Sit-In
Who: Ezell Blair, Jr. , Franklin McCain, Joseph McNei, David Richmond
What: African Americans sat where they were prohibited (a counter at a restaurant) until they received service
where: Greensboro
when: Feb 1, 1960
why: Peaceful protest -
Freedom Riders
Who:Civil rights activists
What: Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses
When: May 4, 1961
Where: Washington D.C
Why: Challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. -
March on Washington
Who: Philip Randolph, singers, actors
What: Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital.
When: August 28, 1963
Where: Washington
Why: A March for freedom -
Birmingham Church Bombing
Who: KKK
What: Attack against African Americans
When: Sep 15, 1963
Where: Birmingham Church
Why: The KKK did not like the African Americans and killed 4 girls -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who: Hubert Humphrey, Everett Dirksen, Emanuel Celler, and William McCulloch
What: Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
When: July 2, 1964
Where: The White House
Why: They wanted to prohibit discrimination -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
Who: Lewis of SNCC and the Reverend Hosea Williams of SCLC, followed by Bob Mants of SNCC and Albert Turner of SCLC.
What: A series of three marches that took place in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
When: March 7, 1965
Where: Selma, Montgomery, and Brown Chapel Church
Why: To protest the blocking of Black Americans' right to vote by the systematic racist structure of the Jim Crow South. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Who: Mike Mansfield and Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen
What: Provided for direct federal intervention to enable African Americans to register and vote and banned tactics long designed to keep them from the polls.
When: March 3, 1965
Where: The President's Room just off the Senate Chamber.
Why: Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.