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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests held in Greensboro, North Carolina, from February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store (now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum).
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The Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who took part in the 1961 Freedom Rides, which were bus trips through the American South protesting segregated bus terminals.
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During his first two years in office, President Kennedy has been cautious to push ahead with civil rights legislation as a result of his narrow election victory and small working margin in Congress. -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. The march's goal was to advocate for African Americans' civil and economic rights. -
President John F. Kennedy introduced a civil rights bill in June 1963 and stated on national television that the United States "will not be fully free until all of its citizens are free." Lyndon B. Johnson, his successor, took up the cause after he was assassinated on November 22, 1963. "It took Kennedy's assassination and Johnson wrapping himself in Kennedy's mantle, claiming this is Kennedy's legacy, to force through the Civil Rights Act in the Senate," McKinney says.
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