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Civil Rights Timespan
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a civil-rights protest against segregated seating. African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott lasted over a year beginning on December 5th, 1955 and ending on December 20th, 1956. -
Little Rock 9
The little rock 9 was a group of 9 African American students that enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. -
1960 Greensboro Sit-in
Was a civil rights protest where young African Americans refused to leave Woolworth's lunch counter after being denied service. The sit-in movement spread to college towns throughout the south. -
1961 Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders was a group of civil rights activists that participated in acts of civil disobedience. They were protesting segregated bus terminals. They used "whites-only" restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in Southern states. They faced arrest and horrific violence from white protestors. -
March on Washington
This was a huge protest march. 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. They marched for jobs and freedom. It aimed to draw attention to challenges and inequalities faced by black Americans. This is when MLK gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Freedom Summer
It was a voter registration drive sponsored by civil rights organizations. It aimed at increasing black voter registration in Mississippi. -
24th Amendment
It outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections. The poll tax exemplified Jim Crow laws. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Malcolm X Assassination
He was an African American nationalist and religious leader who was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
Selma Campaign
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama campaigning for voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
MLK's Assassination
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
It was also called the Fair Housing Act and is a landmark for legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin
