Six Civil Rights Protests

What is the main reason for the following protests?

• segregated lunch counters

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• segregation on city buses

• Greensboro Sit-Ins

• segregation at bus stops in the South

• Freedom Rides

How did the protesters show their disagreement or express their beliefs?

• sat quietly at lunch counters

• Montgomery Bus Boycott protesters

• Used facilities they weren't allowed to

• Greensboro Sit-Ins protesters

• stopped using the city buses (boycott)

• Freedom Riders

What was the result of the protest?

• Fed gov. integrated interstate buses.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Integrated lunch counters in the South

• Greensboro Sit-Ins

• Supreme Court: Bus segregation illegal

• Freedom Rides

What is the main reason for the following protests?

• Demand voting rights for blacks

• March on Washington

• segregation in the city

• Selma March

• Demand jobs and freedom for blacks

• Protests in Birmingham

How did the protesters show their disagreement or express their beliefs?

• Marched despite attacks (police dogs)

• Birmingham protesters

• marched peacefully to the state capital

• March on Washington protesters

• went to the D.C. with 250,000 friends

• Selma March protesters

What was the result of the protest?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Protests in Birmingham

• Pres. Kennedy wanted to end segregation.

• Selma March

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington