The Civil Right's Movement

By anakatheo

  • The sit-in was created

    A sit-in was a nonviolent form of protest in which protesters sat in places where they weren't allowed.

  • The SCLC was created

    The SCLC advocated nonviolent protest.

  • SNCC Formed

    The SNCC was an independent civil right's organization.

  • Freedom Rides

    Protesters tested southern compliance to a new law.

  • Marches in Birmingham

    MLK and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth had a civil rights campaign in Birmingham, Alabama

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Won the Nobel Peace Prize