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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC advocated nonviolent protests. Shifted the focus of the civil rights movements to the South and brought African American church leaders such as King to its forefront. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC became an independent civil rights organization. Members sought immediate change. -
Freedom Rides
Created by the CORE and the SNCC. Wanted to test southern compliance with this ruling. Busses were greeted by a lot of violence, particularly once in Alabama. A heavily armed group of white men, raided the bus and set it on fire. As people were escaping from the fiery bus, they were beaten. -
The March on Washington
More than 200,000 people came to peacefully protest and march. At the march Martin Luther King delivered the famous "I Have A Dream Speech". -
Marches in Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. joined the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth in a civil rights movement in Birmingham. Officers ordered the marches to stop, but they did not and many were arrested. The police officers attacked the marchers and it was filmed and shown around the country. Americans were horrified. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title I: Banned the use of different voter registration standards for blacks and whites.
Title II: Prohibited discrimination in public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters.
Title IV: Allowed the withholding of federal funds from programs that practice discrimination.
Title VII: Banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin by employers and unions and cerated the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
