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Southern Christian leadership conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965. -
Little Rock 9
It involved 9 black students. And this event took place in Rock, Arkansas. They were able to go to a normal school. -
Greensboro
It was a group of black people. They started protesting for being denied service in a diner. And took place in North Carolina. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was a black girl who passed a test to go to a white school. She was the only one being taught by the teacher she had. This took place in New Orleans, Louisiana -
Freedom Riders
They were a group of Activists. This was in the Southern part of the United States. They wanted to make a statement that segregated buses were unconstitutional. -
March on Washington
This event involved 250,000 people. It took place in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. It was a protest to their jobs and freedom. -
Civil Rights Act
This event took place in Washington on July second, 1964. Martin Luther King Jr. was involved with this event. The reason for the event to happen was to prevent racial discrimination. -
Malcom X
The Malcolm X event took place in New York. Thomas Hagan was also involved with all of this. At the end of it, Malcom X was killed. -
Selma
This event was involved with the SCLC. The location of this was at Selma, Alabama. People were doing a march and got killed for it.