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Leaders of the Civil Right Movement- The People who led us from the Land of hatred and uglylness to the land of Freedom!

By Silentsword12345

  • Dorothy Height Birth

    Dorothy Height Birth
    Dorothy Heights was an amazing strong African-America who led the national council of Negro women for an incredible 40 years.

  • Medgars Evers Birth

    Medgars Evers Birth
    Medgars Evers was born on this day who later on would help black people in the South be able to vote.

  • Philip Randolph

    Philip Randolph
    Philip Randolph achived history of creating the first predominaly black labor organziation the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Mr. Philip was the leader of the BSCHP for a number of years and later durning the Civil rights movement he tried to create the March on Washington in 1941 for equal rights in war industries.

  • A leader is Born

    A leader is Born
    Martin Luther King was born and he was destinted to rise from his humble beginnings to become a leader to race and a movement of Freedom.

  • Thursgood Marshall

    Thursgood Marshall
    This man is one of the best black lawyers in his time. He was the lawyer who won the case of Brown vs. Board of Education, which desgreated schools. Mr. Marshall was also the Assoicate Justice of the Sumpreme Court serving from 1967 to 1991.

  • Montgomery Boycott

    Montgomery Boycott
    This event happens when Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white rider on a bus. This arrest led to a widespread anger by the African Community and the Montgomery Boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott lasted from Decmeber 5,1955 to December 20,1956

    Please copy and paste Link below for a video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_gNgQsXzQ

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a collection of most of the chruches and clergy men in the south. This organization main aim was to help the cause of Civil rights in a nonviolent manner. Martin Luther King Jr was the very first President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  • James I. Farmer Jr

    James I. Farmer Jr
    James I. Farmer was an important civil rights leader who organized the super imporant freedom rides. These freedom rides were attempting to destroy segregation on buses that travel from state to state.

  • Gloria Richardson

    Gloria Richardson
    Mrs.Gloria was a civil rights activist who organzied the important Cambridge non-violent action committe. Which was responsible for sitting in at segregated movie theaters, bowling alleys and restaurants.

  • Bayard Rustin

    Bayard Rustin
    This man was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement he is gay. He is the person who organized the huge and important march on Washington!

  • John Lewis

    John Lewis
    John Lewis is still alive today and he was the chairman of the SNCC(Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). He is the only living person of the big six for civil rights. John lewis was one of the leaders in the March from Selma to Montgomery.

  • Leader is lost!

    Leader is lost!
    This is the sad sad day when a great person,friend,and leader was killed by James Earl Ray. The nation morned for Martin after his death. James Earl Ray was sentenced for a century in prision.
    This is a video of the assainsation please copy and paste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOBbxgxKvo