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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A black woman named Rosa Parks sat down on a bus and was asked to move so a white man could sit there, which at this time was the law. She refused and was then arrested and jailed for this act. The act inspired other blacks to have a longer protest which ended up lasting 382 days until the law was finally changed, ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. -
The Sit-Ins
In February 1960, four black college freshmen sat down in a Woolworth's lunch counter and asked to be served, but they were ignored. They came back the next day and the day after that with more people, and by April, there were more than 50,000 students partaking in the sit-ins. In October 1960, black students around the country formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to carry on the work that was started in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
The Freedom Riders
Black and white activists took part in a seven-month task where they took bus rides due south and protested the recent law about segregated buses and transportation. Some of the riders were attacked and beaten. President Kennedy sent federal agents to protect the freedom riders, but for some of them, it was no use. -
March On Washington
250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to march for Jobs and freedom for African Americans. This was also the occasion where Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech-"I have a dream". -
Birmingham Campaign
One of the biggest turning points in the Civil rights movement, the Birmingham campaign started with sit-ins and made it's way to peaceful protests in the city. These protests were met with violence from hoses and police dogs as they would attack the protester. The protests ended a few months later when local officials finally agreed to remove segregated signs. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
The Project that took in Mississippi was aimed to increase the number of registered black voters in Mississippi, but it wasn't only African Americans protesting. Over 700 whites joined in to help protest. The summer was slightly effective, but out of the 17,000 trying to vote, only 1,200 were successful. -
Selma March
The Selma to Montgomery march was a series of protests in Alabama, which at the time was one of the most racial states. The 54-mile route in an effort to register black voters was attacked several times by white segregationists, police, etc., but when they reached Montgomery, over 20,000 people celebrated the accomplishment.
