Civil Rights

Movement in the US in the

1960s

Fighting against
Segregation and fighting
for Desegregation.

Education: Schools and Transport

Universities: Rosa Parks and her Unemployment, Vote and
Public Facilities
1954 Supreme Court experiences 1955 in other Issues
Ruling Montgomery

1957 The Little Rock

Montgomery Bus Boycott 1960
Incident in Arkansas 1963
1955-1956 Sit-In at a Restaurant in
9 Students including Birmingham March
Supreme Court Ruling Greensboro
Elizabeth Eckford

1960 1961
1963
Little Ruby Bridges in New Freedom Riders an activity
The March on Washington
Orleans by CORE

1965
1962 1961
Selma-Montgomery
James Meredith at Uni. Of Albany Marches-
Mississippi desegregation of buses. Marches-3 Marches in
March1965
The Response of the Government of the US.

1964- Civil Rights Act

1965- Voting Rights Act

1967- Inter-racial Marriages act

1968- Fair Housing Act

Abbreviations

CRM- Civil Rights Movement

NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

CORE- Congress of Racial Equality

BPM- Black Power Movement

BPP- Black Panther Party

KKK- Ku Klux Klan

SCLL- Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SNCC- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.