Special Events from the Civil Rights

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  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is to prepare African American for the struggle for equal rights.

  • Greensboro sit-in

    Greensboro sit-in
    The Wilmington Riot was a event that happened on November 10, 1898 in Wilmington, NC. The white waitress denyed taking their order. So the African American students brought in more than 600 students to the restaurant. It involved African American men and white women.

  • Civil Rights act of 1964

    Civil Rights act of 1964
    The Civil Rights act was a government law that prohibted discrimination against racial, ethinc, and women.

  • King Assassination

    King Assassination
    On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee.

  • Busing in Charlotte

    Busing in Charlotte
    Busing in Charlotte made more than 26,000 children end up with long bus rides to school, often more than an hour. This toke place in Mecklenburg County.