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The Albany Movement was a move to try to end all racial segregation in the city. -
The Freedom Rides were students that rode on buses from Washington DC to Jacksonville, Mississippi to protest but usually ended up turning into violent clashes. -
The Supreme Court decided to allow people of two different races to marry each other. Giving all lovers of different races a chance to get married. -
The March on Washington was one of the largest marches in US history. It is where MLK would make his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. said his speech that called for the end of racial segregation. -
A bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama left four girls dead in an act of white supremacy. -
This act ended voter discrimination as well as racial, religious, ethnic, and discrimination against women. This changed the life of all the minorities in America. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 made it illegal to discriminate against voting rights. It finally let minorities vote for who runs the country after having no say in it for many years. -
MLK was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at the age of 39. It was a devastating event for everybody who cared for him and ultimately helped push for the equal housing act. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was a law that was put into place after King's assassination that created equal housing opportunities. -
Mr. Maynard H. Jackson Jr. won the spot as the first African American mayor in the United States. He proved that things were changing and it was time to rise. -
The Equality Act prohibits under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination against anybody due to their age, sex, race, ethnicity, and more. This provided a chance for all. -
Congress extended Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act for seven more years. It gave minorities the courage to kee going and pushing for more and more development in their rights. -
The National Rainbow Coalition was founded to promote political empowerment, education, and changing public policy.