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Montgomery Bus Boycott
In 1955, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served as the president of the M.I.A Montgomery Improvement Association. Because of segregation, Dr. King oversaw a boycott of public transportation that allowed only blacks to sit in the back and whites in the front. -
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Sit-In
During the late 1950s, black people faced many discriminatory challenges, which included not being able to sit down and eat where there were lunch counters in stores. However, on February 1, 1960, 4 male Freshman Students attending North Carolina Agriculture & Technical College, decide to go into a Woolworths store and make purchases, but not at the countertop. Civil Rights leaders also met with the students including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
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Civil Rights Act
President John F. Kennedy in June 1963 ask Congress for a bill that would prohibit discrimination because of race, gender, color, religion, or national origins, called the Civil Rights Acts. The bill was an attempt to bring social justice and benefits and was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and witnessed by Civil Rights Leader including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. -
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March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, a civil rights demonstration led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., along with Representative John Lewis also a civil rights leader, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by former President Abraham Lincoln (Xerxes Wilson/ Kyle Grantham-The News Journal). The march is to raise awareness of African-American discrimination, equal rights, and more civil and economic rights.