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Civil Rights Movement

By maria_ann7700

  • Four Friends Stage a Sit-In at a Department Store

    Four Friends Stage a Sit-In at a Department Store
    The friend went to the store to purchase school supplies. The then sat at the whites only counter to order coffee. The were refused service and they sat there every day until they got the same service as the whites

  • The Children's March

    The Children's March
    Young people marched peacefully to from churches to businesses. Many were attacked and imprisoned.

  • Medgar Evers Assassinated

    Medgar Evers Assassinated
    Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white segregationist in Mississippi. He was a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement.

  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington
    Martin Luther King jr. gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. More than 250,000 demonstrators gathered to Hear MLK speak. They gathered near the Lincoln Memorial.

  • The KKK bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church

    The KKK bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church
    The KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church and kissed 4 girls. This led people to support the Civil Rights Movement more.

  • Thurgood Marshall is Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Thurgood Marshall is Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
    Thurgood Marshall was appointed into a high ranking government job. President Kennedy appointed him this position.