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Sit-In Movement
Four frineds entered the nearby Woolworht's department store. They purchased school supplies and then sat at the whites-only lunch counterand ordered coffee. When they were refused service, Blair asked, "I beg your pardon, but you just served us at that counter. Why can't we be served at the counter here?" The students stayed at the counter until it closed. Then they stated they would sit there daily until they got the same service as the white customers. -
Kennedy and Civil Rights
While campaining for presidency, Kennedy made promises to support civil rights.Kennedy knew he needed the support of Southern senators to get other programs through congress and any new civil rights legislation would anger them. Kennedy did bring about 40 African Americans into high-level government positions. He also created the Committee on Equal Employment Opportinity (CEEO), He allowed the Justice Deparment to actively support the civil rights movement. -
Freedom Riders
Teams of African American and white volunteers boarded several southcound interstate buses. Buses were met with angry white mobs in Anniston, Birmimingham, and Montgomery Alabama. The mobs would slit the bus tires and threw rocks at the windows. In Anniston, someone threw a firebomb into one bus, no one was killed. -
Childrens March
Heroric young people marched in groups from churches to downtown businesses. Many were attacked by police and were arrested. On September 15, 1963, the KKK bombed the Birimingham's Sixteenth Street Babtist Church. killing 4 young girls. The bombing on the children caused more support for the civil rights movement. -
Violence in Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. deciced to start demonstrations in Birimingham, Alabama. He knew it would provoke violence, but he thought it was the only way to get the presidents attention showing him they were serious and wanting his support. 8 days after the protest began MLK was arrested and he began to write "Letter from Birmingham". -
March to Washington
Civil rights leaders kept the pressure on egislators and the president by planning a large-scale movement on Washington. August 28, 1963 more then 250,000 demonstators, African American and white. All gathered near the Lincon Memorial. They heard speeches and sang songs. Then Dr. King delievered a very powerful speech for freedom and equality for all Americans