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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Formation of the SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. Martin Luther King Jr. was its first president. -
Founding of SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s.