Civil Rights Movement

A demonstration of over 200,000 people in support of the Civil Rights Act

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

• Black Panther Party

• Little Rock Nine

Group of black students famous for integrating an all white school after the Brown v. Board decision.

• Little Rock Nine

• CORE

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panthers

Militant Black Power group. Used guns to counter police brutality. Provided community service such as breakfast to those in need.

• SCLC

• Black Panther Party

• Freedom Riders

• Little Rock Nine

Integrated group working to bring attention to segregation of transportation in the South.

• Little Rock Nine

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panther Party

• NAACP

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recited his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in this demonstration

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• Montgomery Freedom Ride

• March on Washington for Liberty and Justice

• March on Florida City for Dollars and Dreams