Civil Rights Movement

By owenben

  • Joining Forces

    Mambers joined forces with the Congress of Racial Equality. This was founded in Chicago.

  • The Brown Decision

    The racial segregation (seperation from black and whites) in pulic schools are outlawed.

  • The challenge to social segregation

    Southern Christian Leaderhsip Conference in Atlanta, Ga, as a national organization presied over by a local black minister, Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Civil influenced

    The Civil rights movement influenced the modern women's right movement and the student movement. This also involved whites, and both led the movement at national and local levels.

  • Voting rights

    President Johnson signed the Voting Rights act.

  • The movement legacy

    The civil rights movement had begun losing momentum

  • Black Power

    Black power was all but nonexistent, having never gained the support of the larger African American populance.