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The SNCC was a student led civil rights organization known for the sit ins and freedom rides. Greensboro was a series of nonviolent protests led by four black college students. -
Student activists from CORE launched freedom riders to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail- A letter written by Martin luther king jr from his cell in jail at the Birmingham Alabama, he offered a forceful defense of the protest campaign 16thST bart church bomb- KKK members bombed a church which was a racially motivated terrorist attack. They bombed the stairwell and killed 4 black girls.
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Deseg Univ of Alabama- Black students registered for classes at The University of Alabama despite then-Gov. George C. Wallace's unsuccessful attempt to block their enrollment Medgar Evers asass- Evers investigated in Emmet Tills's murder. He was apart of NAACP and got shot by a KKK member in his driveway. March on washington: This was a massive civil rights demo and over 250,000 demanded economic justice, voting rights, and an end to racial segregation.
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Malcom X asass- He was an important African American leader and civil rights activist. His ideas on self-defense, Black pride, and self-reliance became cornerstones of the Black Power movement. In 1965 he was shot multiple times. Slema March- The march was to demand equal voting rights for african americans. As marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met with tear gas, billy clubs, and whips, with officers brutally beating unarmed protesters
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James Meredith- He was a civil rights activist and shot while he was marching the march against fear. Founding of Blk Panthers- It drew inspiration from Malcom X and the black power movement. The Black Panther party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The blck panther party fought for Black liberation through armed self-defense against police brutality and community uplift programs.
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Martin Luther king Jr was a civil rights activist and was shot at a motel