Civil Rights

By averylawson15

  • 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Born after Rosa Parks refused to give up her sat on a bus to a white man. Dec 1st 1955 Martin Luther King Jr. proposed boycott against racial segregation on public transportation system. Continued for 381 days. Worked. Federal Court ruled laws were unconstitutional. Initiated social change during movement.

  • Birmingham Campaign

    The goal was to end discrimination in policies in Alabama city against black people. They had a lot of financial difficulties and people were violent whenever they talked about racial issues. They started a boycott where only white people could be hired at certain business. Protestors were nonviolent and during sit ins many times they were attacked by dogs and sprayed by firefighter water hoses.

  • 1963 Washington March

    Aug 28th 1963 protest for jobs and freedom for African Americans. ‘I had A Dream” speech by Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial. Created with helping pass civil rights act of 1964

  • Bloody Sunday 1965

    Atlanta to the state capital of Montgomery. Known for the violent beatings of the state troopers on protestors while trying to protest peacefully. Aimed towards the lack of voting rights for African Americans. 600 protestors traveled from Selma on Highway 80 to the state capital in 1965 March 7th. It was lead by John Lewis who was the chairman of the “student non-violent coordinating committee.”

  • Vietnam War

    Many people didn’t like the Vietnam War. Stared a massive peace movement in the 60s and 70s. Martin Luther King compared their movement to the civil rights movement and talked negatively about America in speeches. His first speech was called “Beyond Vietnam” in April 1967. 3,000 people came. Martin Luther was anti war until he was assassinated.

  • Poor Peoples Campaign

    The goal was to get one economic and human rights for poor Americans no matter their background, it was a multicultural movement with Asian-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Rican’s, Native Americans, and African Americans, When Martin Luther King was assassinated, the movement was shocked and the march was postponed.