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After the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, leaders met in Atlanta to discuss strategy. They ended up expanding the MIA into the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The SCLC also had goals to end discrimination against African Americans in the United States and its leader was Martin Luther King. The combined group's goals were to use nonviolent resistance in its protests no matter what.
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After many students came together for the segregated lunch counter sit-ins, the leaders of those protests came together and created this committee. The committee was made up of a loose association of student activists throughout the south.
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The NAACP obtained a court order that required the University of Missippi to allow admission to James Meredith, who was a black man. Once word got out of Meredith being on campus, a riot started. This caused the President to order army troops to stop the riots. Eventually, the riots ended but they caused two casualties and 375 people were injured. after this event, James was able to properly enroll and graduate, which was a huge success for the black community.
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More than 200,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to protest once again. There were many speakers and musicians from different backgrounds, the last speaker was Martin Luther King with his "I have a dream" speech. This speech is noted as one of the most important and famous speeches in US history. Martin talking about what America should be was extremely impactful and important to the civil rights movement of black people.
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A bill was signed into place that banned discrimination in the workplace and public areas, on the basis of race and skin color.