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founding of the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. He did not include A. Philip Randolph in his list of the "Big Six", instead listing Dorothy Height

Ahmann worked to establish the civil rights movement as a moral cause. He was one of four white men who joined the "Big Six" to organize the 1963 March on

National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. Height's role in the "Big Six" civil rights movement was frequently ignored by the press due to sexism. In 1974

was a 1957 demonstration in Washington, D.C., an early event in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It was the occasion for Martin Luther

was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Fulfilling many key roles in the civil rights movement and its

organized by Bayard Rustin and A. Philip Randolph, who built an alliance of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations that came together under the banner

1954." It is one of King's major speeches. Selma to Montgomery marches Civil Rights Movement "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (1957)". The Martin Luther King

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down is a 1989 autobiography written by civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. The book charts his life and work with his best

National Historic Landmark in 1974 because of its importance in the civil rights movement and American history. In 1978 the official name was changed

executive order that Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement called on President John F. Kennedy to issue. As the Emancipation

The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Activist James Meredith launched the event on June 5,

House Conference on Civil Rights was held June 1 and 2, 1966. The aim of the conference was built on the momentum of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the

threatened to have the women arrested. Civil Rights Movement History & Timeline, 1953 The first Civil Rights Bus Boycott | African American Registry

Council for United Civil Rights Leadership (CUCRL) was an umbrella group formed in June 1963 to organize and regulate the Civil Rights Movement. The Council

(January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle

Atlanta sit-ins in order to demand racial desegregation as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Early members of the group include, among others, Lonnie King

The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain

Jr. King, representing the SCLC, was among the leaders of the "Big Six" civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March

after it began to be used as one of the anthems for the civil rights movement. Civil rights movement in popular culture Sapon-Shevin, Mara (2010). Because

building and former motel in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1963 during the Civil Rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference used a room in

Holmes Borders Sr. (24 February 1905 – 23 November 1993) was an American civil rights activist and leader and pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta

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Wednesdays in Mississippi was an activist group during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s. Northern women of different races

Leigh (and after his amnesia Guy Wilson) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and the director of the largest project in Mississippi Freedom

The Civil Rights Movement Archive (CRMA) refers to both an online collection of materials about the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s

The Katz Drug Store sit-in was one of the first sit-ins during the civil rights movement, occurring between August 19 and August 21, 1958, in Oklahoma

Leadership Conference during the Civil Rights Movement. He was a key associate of Martin Luther King Jr. Lee began his civil rights career as a student at Alabama

Association. He has written on a number of subjects, and specializes in the Civil Rights Movement and the period of Reconstruction. His best known work is To

Its leaders held weekly meetings and the council was highly active in Civil Rights-related activism. The NAACP became involved well after the boycott had

Everhart Boone (September 19, 1922 – July 15, 2006) was an American civil rights activist and organizer who marched together with Martin Luther King Jr

Bancroft Prize Lillian Smith Book Award Local people: the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi. University of Illinois Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-252-06507-1

Lawrence Guyot Jr. (July 17, 1939 – November 23, 2012) was an American civil rights activist and the director of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

1911 – February 17, 1998) was a founder of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and served as its executive secretary from 1950 to 1980. In 1941 he worked

that challenged racial segregation in Nashville, Tennessee, during the Civil Rights Movement. It was created during workshops in nonviolence taught by James

March 14, 1948) is an American academic whose areas of study include civil rights activism, urban education reform, social inequality, and modern African-American

18, 1934) is a Lutheran pastor, author, and civil rights activist. He was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama, and the only

United States Congress to enact, and civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King Jr. to support, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The play takes its name

Prize within the episode "The Time Has Come (1964–66)". Civil rights movement portal Civil Rights Movement Black Panther Party Carson, pp. 165 Carson, p

treatment. The cause of action was brought under Reconstruction-era civil rights legislation, specifically 42 U.S.C. sections 1981, 1983. The United States

take-out service to African American customers. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawing segregation based on race, color, religion, or

president's office. From January 23 to February 5, Sanders and the other civil rights protesters pressured Beadle and the university to form a commission to

Charles Person (born 1942) is an African-American civil rights activist who participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides. He was born and raised in Atlanta,

(SNCC), a leader of the Albany Movement and a Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement. Reagon was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and was named for

Annie Bell Robinson Devine (1912–2000) was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Mobile, Alabama and raised in Canton, Mississippi,

30, 1932 – November 10, 2013), was an American author, teacher, and civil rights activist. Jackson was born in Mobile, Alabama, as the only child of John

Voter Education Project (VEP) raised and distributed foundation funds to civil rights organizations for voter education and registration work in the southern

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with

The Mansfield school desegregation incident is a 1956 event in the Civil Rights Movement in Mansfield, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

Osteopathic Medical Center. Anderson is perhaps best known for his work in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1957, after completing his residency in Flint, Michigan

Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong was a black Mississippi pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement. In September, 1965, she and Raylawni Branch, both local natives

civil rights activism for African Americans. Moore joined the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). In early 1960s, Moore undertook three civil rights protests

Jr. (1914 – June 24, 1978) was an American minister and leader in the civil rights movement. He led voting drives and advocated for desegregation in New

post-Civil War African-American freedom song. It is often associated with the Civil Rights Movement, with Odetta, who recorded it as part of the "Spiritual Trilogy"

one of the first books on the theory in 1982 when analyzing the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Political Process and the Development of the Black Insurgency

case for the Civil Rights Movement, and one of many civil rights cases argued before the Warren Court (1953–69). Eventually, the Civil Rights Act of 1964

States Senate in New York in 2010 and 2012. Clark was a veteran of the civil rights, black power, and pan-African movements. She was a field secretary for

26, 2013) born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, was an academic, civil rights activist, and school board official. Smith's leadership in the National

Antonio Maceo Smith (April 16, 1903 – December 19, 1977) was a civil rights leader in Dallas, Texas, whose years of activism with the National Association

George T. Raymond (May 10, 1914 – May 9, 1999) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who served as president of the Chester, Pennsylvania

coming out of modern pop-gospel music these days." Browder v. Gayle Civil rights movement in popular culture Claudette Colvin Selma, another film starring

1984) was a Baptist preacher, author, and prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement, who was based in Nashville, Tennessee. Smith was born and raised

to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum—in Greensboro, North Carolina, which led to the F.

League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of economic

Turn You Round" and became an American civil rights era anthem. It was sung during demonstrations for civil rights in the United States including during

plate at meetings and soliciting support from northern and southern civil rights organizations. Following its success in Montgomery, the MIA became one

Steven Fred Lawson (born June 14, 1945) is an American historian of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Born in the Bronx, New York, he is the

The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a United States National Monument in Birmingham, Alabama established in 2017 to preserve and commemorate

in Saginaw, Michigan, better known as Jim Letherer, was an American civil rights activist. He walked on crutches the entire 54 miles of the 1965 Selma

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination

Moore (June 19, 1902 – January 3, 1952) was an American educator and civil rights worker. She was the wife of Harry T. Moore, who founded the first branch

Charles "Chuck" Neblett (born 1941) is a civil rights activist best known for helping to found and being a member of The Freedom Singers. Neblett hails

Conference's involvement in the 1963 Birmingham campaign during the Civil Rights Movement. On December 19, 1932 Lola Mae Haynes, the first of two daughters

Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s.[citation needed] In many situations

in the United States Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Civil rights movement in popular culture National Civil Rights Museum Woman Suffrage Procession

located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bronze sculpture depicts the civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. standing on a pedestal of books

Bruce Carver Boynton (June 19, 1937 – November 23, 2020) was an American civil rights leader who inspired the Freedom Riders movement and advanced the cause

to 1928; and the Big Eight Conference from 1928 to 1996 (known as the Big Six from 1928 to 1947 and the Big Seven from 1947 to 1957). Kansas State offers

The Committee for Freedom Now (CFFN) was an American civil rights organization in Chester, Pennsylvania, that worked to end de facto segregation and improve

1923 – March 15, 1988) was an American attorney, civil rights leader in Georgia during the Civil Rights Movement, and political candidate. Born in Albany

Michael Henry Schwerner (November 6, 1939 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) field

of North Carolina system.: 21  North Carolina was an ideal place for civil rights work because Durham had a generally non-violent racial status quo, the

completed a degree in social work. He became involved in campaigns for civil rights and open housing integration, working and organizing in the early and

American civil rights activist. She was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and administrator for the NAACP, and was known as the "queen of civil rights".

Mary Louise Ware (née Smith; born 1937) is an African-American civil rights activist. She was arrested in October 1955 at the age of 18 in Montgomery,

Jesse Jackson, a Greenville native, who later became known for his civil rights activism, returned home from college over Christmas break during his

an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. As a leader of the civil rights movement, he

Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working

Rodney Norman Powell (born 1935). is a former civil rights leader in the Nashville Student Movement and an activist for LGBTQ rights. Born to Raymond and

participant in the Civil Rights Movement from her earliest days, and was the youngest person to have been jailed during any civil rights demonstration during

20 times for this civil rights activism. Matthew Jones was a schooled, experienced musician, and became active in the Civil Rights Movement when he joined

The Northern Student Movement (NSM) was an American civil rights organization that drew inspiration from sit-ins and lunch counter protests led by students

crucial that lower federal courts such as the Fifth Circuit expanded civil rights law. In several court cases, such as Louisiana v. United States, the

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only

1965) was an American minister based in the South and a pioneer in the civil rights movement. He is best known as the pastor (1947–52) of the Dexter Avenue

Charles Jones (August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019) was an American civil rights leader, attorney, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

opposite Melissa Leo as First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Anthony Mackie as Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.; and Frank Langella as U.S. Senator

regarding the Civil Rights Movement. Alessandro Nivola also joined to play John Doar, a civil rights activist and attorney general for civil rights for the

(July 30, 1930 – July 21, 1969) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. and the

of the power of Congress to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment."[1] The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (passed by Congress over the veto of Andrew Johnson) provided

openly supported the Montgomery bus boycott, a landmark event of the civil rights movement. Graetz, of German descent, was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia

Coleman (January 29, 1919 – February 4, 1971) was an African-American civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama. In April 1955, almost eight months before

completed a degree in social work. He became involved in campaigns for civil rights and open housing integration, working and organizing in the early and

openly supported the Montgomery bus boycott, a landmark event of the civil rights movement. Graetz, of German descent, was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia

and housing in Chicago between 1965 and 1967. Raby was a part of the civil rights movement and helped create the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations

an African-American civil rights activist. Known for her involvement in many organizations tracing the movements of the civil rights movement, Bellamy Powell

DeLaine (July 2, 1898 – August 3, 1974) was a Methodist minister and civil rights leader from Clarendon County, South Carolina. He received a B.A. from

needed] Black was known throughout the South for his activism in the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s, he along with State Representative

opposite Melissa Leo as First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Anthony Mackie as Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.; and Frank Langella as U.S. Senator

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

(born July 29, 1940) is an American civil rights activist and organizer, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He played a leading role in

Zilphia Horton, amongst many other activists, in connection with the civil rights movement. The origin of the song is unclear, but the phrase "This little

Dr. King and other Southern black preachers to further the cause of civil rights. He had initially been introduced to King by Bayard Rustin, a Quaker

passenger. In response, the Women's Political Council, an African-American civil rights organization founded in Montgomery, organized a boycott of the city's

Jackson Gray Adams (November 5, 1926 – August 12, 2006) was an American civil rights activist from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was one of the founding members

seller and buyer. He withdrew the dissent and voted with the majority. Civil rights movement (1896–1954) List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume

475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the

Presbyterian minister, disability rights activist and sit-in leader during the Civil rights movement. In 2017, Ivory was named a Freedom Walkway Local Hero for his

The Northern Student Movement (NSM) was an American civil rights organization that drew inspiration from sit-ins and lunch counter protests led by students

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The

participants organized under the council's name to make major strides in the Civil Rights Movement. Started in 1935 by Juanita E. Jackson, special assistant to

Martin Foster (October 24, 1917 – September 6, 2003) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. during the 1960s. Her successful voter registration

civil rights movement. They are also called "civil rights anthems" or, in the case of songs which are more hymn-like, they are called "civil rights hymns

was the niece of Vernon Johns, the famous black Baptist preacher and civil rights leader, covertly organized a student general strike. She forged notes

1940 – August 12, 2002) was an American leader and activist in the Civil Rights Movement, a womanist theologian, and ethicist. She was the key inspiration

Wilkerson; June 2, 1910 – November 24, 2010) was an African-American civil rights activist. She is best known for punching Dallas County, Alabama Sheriff

civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued his civil rights work into the 21st century. He was called the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement

the beaches of Biloxi, Mississippi between 1959 and 1963, during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr. in

Georgia, United States. Occurring during the sit-in movement of the larger civil rights movement, the sit-ins were organized by the Committee on Appeal for Human

in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated

Mississippi, United States. Built in 1956, it was the home of African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–1963) at the time of his assassination. It

life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy, collectively called

Moore (September 23, 1911 – February 1, 1982) was an African-American civil rights leader and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta. He helped pead voter

Jibreel Khazan (born Ezell Alexander Blair Jr.; October 18, 1941) is a civil rights activist who is best known as a member of the Greensboro Four, a group

"Bob" Mants, Jr. (April 25, 1943 – December 7, 2011) was an American civil rights activist, serving as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating

(June 9, 1930–June 10, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and a member of

15, 1988) was a Mississippi farmer, orator, and activist during the Civil Rights Movement. On April 9, 1963, Turnbow was one of the first African Americans

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John Robert Zellner (born April 5, 1939) is an American civil rights activist. He graduated from Huntingdon College in 1961 and that year became a member

Daniels Carr (January 26, 1911 – February 22, 2008) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from 1955 until her death. Carr was born

Mississippi founded by T. R. M. Howard in 1951 to promote a program of civil rights, self-help, and business ownership for African Americans. It pledged

Cobb started studies at Howard University where he became active in the Civil Rights Movement. After following and reading about the sit-in demonstrations

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor

patronage, Hemming Park and surrounding stores were the site of numerous civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. Black sit-ins began on August 13, 1960,

He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student

Kennedy to publicly support federal civil rights legislation and eventually led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Malcolm X and Dr. Martin

almost half by 1954. Often partners with other groups involved in the civil rights movement, the SRC used communications and analysis to try to reach people

age of 70. Stand in the Schoolhouse Door Blaustein, Albert P. (1991), Civil Rights and African Americans: A Documentary History, Northwestern University

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

Oklahoma City at the Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Office Building. Civil Rights Movement portal NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

2, 1915 – February 13, 1979) was an American lawyer, politician and civil rights activist who served as president of the Philadelphia NAACP chapter and

was a leading civil rights activist in the Civil Rights Movement in America. He was assistant to Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement. Orange

almost half by 1954. Often partners with other groups involved in the civil rights movement, the SRC used communications and analysis to try to reach people

An Appeal for Human Rights is a civil rights manifesto initially printed as an advertisement in Atlanta newspapers on March 9, 1960 that called for ending

patronage, Hemming Park and surrounding stores were the site of numerous civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. Black sit-ins began on August 13, 1960,

He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student

(December 19, 1917 – December 27, 2004) was an American civil rights attorney during the Civil Rights Movement, in the state of Georgia. He successfully sued

Joan Baez's 1962 recording of the song, and became associated with the Civil Rights Movement of that decade. For example, there is a recording of marchers

American lifelong activist for racial equality and a former activist of the Civil Rights Movement. After attending South Carolina State University, he became

Not Be Moved" it gained popularity as a protest and union song of the Civil Rights Movement. The text is based on biblical scripture: Blessed is the man

nation in June 1947 in which he described civil rights as a moral imperative, submitted a comprehensive civil rights bill to Congress in February 1948, and

life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy, collectively called

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Birmingham Civil Rights Institute In Eyes on the Prize, the award-winning documentary on the Civil Rights movement

in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated

Powell (March 6, 1935 – September 28, 1991) was a leader in the American civil rights movement. On April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Powell led a student strike

Wiley Evers (/ˈmɛdɡər/; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. He was

Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, Alabama. Born Jo Ann Gibson, near

which became a rallying cry for those opposed to integration and the civil rights movement. Prior to his first campaign for governor in 1958, George Wallace

Glenn Smiley (April 19, 1910 – September 14, 1993) was a white civil rights consultant and leader. He closely studied the doctrine of Mahatma Gandhi and

This is a timeline of the civil rights movement in the United States, a nonviolent mid-20th century freedom movement to gain legal equality and the enforcement

9, 1939 – February 7, 2012) was one of the leading African-American civil rights activists in the United States, especially in her home state of Florida

Beloit College, where he studied sociology. He developed an interest in civil rights from his interactions with his roommate, Robert Carter, an African-American

January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement. The monument is administered by the National Park Service.

Peyton Road Affair or the Peyton Wall, refers to an event during the civil rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, in 1962. On December 17

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement. Since the late 19th century, Southern state legislatures had

Organizations (COFO), a coalition of the Mississippi branches of the four major civil rights organizations (SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and SCLC). Most of the impetus, leadership

the Civil Rights Movement. The gardens feature a life-size sculpture of Dr. King and a 12-ton granite water monument honoring the area’s civil rights leaders

age of 70. Stand in the Schoolhouse Door Blaustein, Albert P. (1991), Civil Rights and African Americans: A Documentary History, Northwestern University

Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) and was part of the Civil Rights Movement. On February 3, 1960, Atlanta University Center (AUC) senior

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

Angela Veta Russell (born 1943) is an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the Montana House of Representatives from the 99th district

opposition research for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the Civil Rights Movement era. Minnis researched federal expenditures and state and local

Henry "Hank" James Thomas (born August 29, 1941) is an African American civil rights activist and entrepreneur. Thomas was one of the original 13 Freedom

promote non-violent actions to advance goals for African Americans. Future civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and other younger men were strongly influenced

1930) is an American civil rights attorney, preacher, activist, and state legislator from Alabama. He handled many prominent civil rights cases, such as Browder

David J. Dennis is a civil rights activist whose involvement began in the early 1960s. Dennis grew up in the segregated area of Omega, Louisiana. He worked

24, 1972) was a lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee, who was active in the civil rights movement. Born in the British West Indies, he immigrated to the United

consumer power. The Chicago Freedom Movement was the most ambitious civil rights campaign in the North of the United States, lasted from mid-1965 to August

Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at

Everett Branche (July 31, 1933 – December 22, 1992) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who worked as executive secretary in the Chester

was the father of Martin Luther King Sr. and paternal grandfather of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., A. D. King, and Christine King Farris

Bernice Robinson (1914–1994) was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement and education proponent who helped establish adult Citizenship Schools

Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark piece of civil rights legislation which represented the first comprehensive act by Congress on civil rights and

"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

Stephen; Ellis, Catherine (August 31, 2010). Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity. The New Press. p. 70. ISBN 9781595586278

another the following year. The manifestos were published during the civil rights movement amidst a national process of school integration that had begun

Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United

Dorothy Jean Tillman (née Wright; May 12, 1947) is an American politician, civil rights activist and former Chicago, Illinois alderman. Tillman served as the

Dorothy Jean Tillman (née Wright; May 12, 1947) is an American politician, civil rights activist and former Chicago, Illinois alderman. Tillman served as the

June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia

December 7, 2010), was an African-American civil rights activist and educator. She was at the center of the Civil Rights Movement in Orangeburg, South Carolina

strategy of "Jail, No Bail", which lessened the huge financial burden civil rights groups were facing as the sit-in movement spread across the South. They

Everett Branche (July 31, 1933 – December 22, 1992) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who worked as executive secretary in the Chester

Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate

National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement

leadership of the nonviolent campaign for civil rights and social and economic justice in the Civil Rights Movement. It uses only original newsreel and

was the father of Martin Luther King Sr. and paternal grandfather of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., A. D. King, and Christine King Farris

The civil rights movement in Omaha, Nebraska, has roots that extend back until at least 1912. With a history of racial tension that starts before the founding

Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement is an American television series and 14-part documentary about the 20th-century civil rights movement in the United

African-American activist writer and communist, best known for his role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. During World War II, he was an organizer

photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination

in the early 1960s to advance the cause of civil rights, contributing to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The monument, commissioned by the

Mae Mallory (June 9, 1927 – 2007) was an activist of the Civil Rights Movement and a Black Power movement leader active in the 1950s and 1960s. She is

Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins' most notable role was his

The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts

Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) was an American civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, which coordinated boycotts and sponsored

2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close

specializes in the issues of culture, religion, and race associated with the Civil Rights Movement. He is a senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary

(February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

members of the Ku Klux Klan, in cooperation with Birmingham police. Civil rights protesters were frustrated with local police complicity with the perpetrators

Aaron Henry (July 2, 1922 – May 19, 1997) was an American civil rights leader, politician, and head of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP. He was one

founded in the 1920s by Charles J. Adams, a postal service employee and civil rights organizer who was also the local representative of the NAACP. After he

The St. Augustine movement was a part of the wider Civil Rights Movement, taking place in St. Augustine, Florida from 1963 to 1964. It was a major event

Albert Turner (February 29, 1936 – April 13, 2000) was an American civil rights activist and an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. He was Alabama field

16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. The park, just outside the doors of the 16th Street Baptist

and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. Vivian resided in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded the C. T. Vivian

at the airport. The march was the first large-scale movement of the civil rights movement in South Carolina and Greenville. The march brought state-wide

Jackson (December 16, 1938 – February 26, 1965) was an African American civil rights activist in Marion, Alabama, and a deacon in the Baptist church. On February

Our Country (2020); and Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 (2022). Ricks was born in Beverly, Massachusetts

1937 – October 11, 2022) was an American minister and civil rights activist. During the civil rights movement, Sherrod helped found the Albany Movement while

Lamar "Ditney" Smith (1892 – August 13, 1955) was an American civil rights figure, African-American farmer, World War I veteran and an organizer of voter

Frederick Douglas Reese (November 28, 1929 – April 5, 2018) was an American civil rights activist, educator and minister from Selma, Alabama. Known as a member

Benton Resnik and illustrated by Sy Barry, was widely distributed among civil rights groups, churches, and schools. It helped inspire nonviolent protest movements

spent in the trenches and upon the blood-stained battlefields" of the Civil Rights Movement. In April 1974, the NAACP National Board of Directors created

Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986) was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist. She was a largely behind-the-scenes organizer

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

2009) was an American activist involved in the Civil Rights Movement. He was an organizer of the civil rights student group Students for Integration, a CORE

as a beneficial lesson in strategy and tactics for the leaders of the civil rights movement and a key component to the movement's future successes in desegregation

tactic of nonviolent direct action and was a pivotal event during the Civil Rights Movement. African-American college students attending historically Black

brothers attended Tuskegee University. Her parents were also active in civil rights and often participated in local meetings, donations, and activities in

"Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court

Franklin Eugene McCain (January 3, 1941 – January 9, 2014) was an American civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four. McCain, along with fellow

David Leinail Richmond (April 20, 1941 – December 7, 1990) was a civil rights activist for most of his life, but he was best known for being one of the

Harriette V. S. Moore, were pioneer activists and leaders of the early Civil Rights Movement in the United States and became the first martyrs of the movement

Ride during the Civil Rights Movement. The May 1961 assaults, carried out by a mob of white protesters who confronted the civil rights activists, "shocked

(born November 8, 1944) is an American educator and civil rights activist. During the Civil Rights Movement, Sellers helped lead the Student Nonviolent

each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state

1941 – September 20, 2023) was an American activist who was part of the Civil Rights Movement activities in the state of Mississippi during the 1960s. He

born August 30, 1930) is an American civil rights leader and broadcasting executive. During the Civil Rights Movement, she worked for the National Urban

1941 – September 20, 2023) was an American activist who was part of the Civil Rights Movement activities in the state of Mississippi during the 1960s. He

Accommodations" - The Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, Virginia Historical Society "U.S. civil rights pioneer Irene

Lincoln in 1993 by artist Maru Santos. Mexico portal Visual arts portal Civil rights movement in popular culture Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. Thompson

Marable's New Malcolm X Biography Investigates Conflicted Reality of the Civil Rights Leader". Democracy Now!. "Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt

arrested over a two-month period of civil rights rallies, marches, pickets, boycotts, and sit-ins. National civil rights leaders such as Dick Gregory, Gloria

Report to the American People on Civil Rights School integration in the United States Timeline of the civil rights movement University of Georgia desegregation

against the Vietnam War and the policies that created it. Some, like civil rights leader Ralph Bunche, the NAACP, and the editorial page writers of The

12, 1899 – February 25, 1987), known as E. D. Nixon, was an American civil rights leader and union organizer in Alabama who played a crucial role in organizing

Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Society of Friends or Quakers. He is known for his work in both the Civil Rights Movement and in the Peace movement. His written works include religious

25, 1951) was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for

26, 2015) was an American activist who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery

influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s and James Bevel's campaigns during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, as well as Nelson Mandela's struggle against

King Years is a three-volume history of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement by Taylor Branch, which he wrote between 1982 and 2006. The

black, creole of color, and white creole New Orleans residents formed a civil rights group called the Comité des Citoyens (Committee of Citizens). The group

the Prize" is a folk song that became influential during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on the traditional song

Ride during the Civil Rights Movement. The May 1961 assaults, carried out by a mob of white protesters who confronted the civil rights activists, "shocked

the South. They were originally part of a nationwide effort during the Civil Rights Movement to organize African Americans to achieve social, political and

Freddie Lee Robinson, March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was an American civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism

Sikora. The full title is Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil-Rights Days. It was published by the University of Alabama Press in Tuscaloosa

16, 1928 – January 23, 2018) was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for

American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts. While participating

1926 – June 9, 1995) was an influential leader in the Phoenix-area Civil Rights Movement. Known for his outspokenness, Ragsdale was instrumental in various

large church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jemison helped lead the first civil rights boycott of segregated seating in public bus service. The organization

Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and

African-American families. He attributes his lifelong interest in the Civil Rights Movement to that experience. "I had this really strong curiosity about

for introducing the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to the American Civil Rights Movement, by teaching it to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Frederick Douglass, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth. Civil rights movement in popular culture List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi

during the Civil Rights Movement. Created as the partisan political branch of the Freedom Democratic organization (a contemporary Civil Rights activist

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Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

Daisy Bates (November 11, 1914 – November 4, 1999) was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role

July 15, 2021) was an American civil rights activist best known as the leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights action in the early 1960s in Cambridge

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge

Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car

Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was an American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor

New York City. Civil Rights Movement portal Pine Street Neighborhood Historic District "Cambridge, Md. 50 years ago: When the civil rights movement hit"

May 15, 1938) is an American civil rights activist, and a leader and strategist of the student wing of the Civil Rights Movement. Nash's campaigns were

Common rapping in corridor and bedrooms before stylized images of the Civil Rights Movement. Television footage of the "I Have a Dream" speech is exposed

"Freedom's Sacred Dance" by Vincent and Rosemarie Harding, from Yes! Magazine, October 27, 2000. Portals:  Biography  Christianity  Civil rights movement

the history of the United States Supreme Court and the history of the Civil Rights Movement, and regularly contributes articles on these subjects to non-academic

within the African American communities in Durham about the strategies of civil rights activism. It also helped to spark future protests such as the Greensboro

Armstrong DeLaine and Modjeska Monteith Simkins, the noted South Carolina civil rights worker. Simkins organized a national charitable effort for the relief

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the events and actions of the

fear after World War II. Civil rights and unionism in Memphis were thus heavily stifled all through the 1950s. The civil rights struggle was renewed in

African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement. Founded

have said : the nation's top legal experts rewrite America's landmark civil rights decision. New York University Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-8147-9889-8.

the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when police attacked Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with horses, billy clubs, and tear gas as they

campaign, was widely published, and became an important text for the civil rights movement in the United States. The letter has been described as "one

Common rapping in corridor and bedrooms before stylized images of the Civil Rights Movement. Television footage of the "I Have a Dream" speech is exposed

Johnson's stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white, Southern Democrats. His civil rights legacy was shaped by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the

a civic leader, schoolteacher, and pioneering leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is best known for her leadership role in the 1958 Oklahoma

Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. (March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966) was an American civil rights movement leader and president of the Forrest County chapter of the NAACP

only thing that McNeil and others in the Civil Rights Movement could do. The people acting in the Civil Rights Movement could not afford to be violent

African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement. Founded

McKissick (March 9, 1922 – April 28, 1991) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. He became the first African-American student at the University

the 1950s, it played a critical role in the American Civil Rights Movement. It trained civil rights leader Rosa Parks prior to her historic role in the

mostly positive reviews from both the press and those involved with the civil rights movement. RollingOut.com said: "The life of Dr. King as chronicled in

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States

progress nationally in school desegregation, included provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would withhold federal funding from schools that refused

was present at almost all of the major historical events during the Civil Rights Movement. He has had solo exhibits at the Whitney Museum of American

Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), one of the principal organizations of civil rights

Americans to return to their African homeland. Muhammad also rejected the civil rights movement for its emphasis on integration, instead promoting a separate

were a nonviolent form of protest used to oppose segregation during the civil rights movement, and often provoked heckling and violence from those opposed

the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when police attacked Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with horses, billy clubs, and tear gas as they

Rock School District and is now a National Historic Site that houses a Civil Rights Museum, administered in partnership with the National Park Service, to

civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil

; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in

1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at

Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor

(June 12, 1927 – July 4, 1963) was an American Korean War veteran and civil rights leader from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In the 1950s, he attempted several

concerning women but wanted to work alongside a group that supported civil rights rather than go to actual protests. Women on the council fought more towards

includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and

Golden Asro Frinks (August 15, 1920 – July 19, 2004) was an American civil rights activist and a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) field

Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership

civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights

Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction

minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, he was

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

black liberation movement was a branch or counterculture within the civil rights movement of the United States, reacting against its more moderate, mainstream

needed] President Harry S. Truman established the President's Committee on Civil Rights, which among other issues investigated the poll tax. Considering that

Walter Edward Fauntroy Jr. (born February 6, 1933) is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was a delegate to the United States House

Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights movement leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on

Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist in Detroit, Michigan. She was known for going to Alabama in

commenced in 1876, and supplanted the Black Codes, which restricted the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans during the Reconstruction era

The Report to the American People on Civil Rights was a speech on civil rights, delivered on radio and television by United States President John F. Kennedy

black attorney in the history of Delaware and had developed a notable civil-rights practice in his years before the bar. Frequently, he would be sought

the emerging civil rights movement. As a result, communal song became essential to empowering and educating audiences about civil rights issues and a

President Barack Obama, at a celebration of music from the period of the civil rights movement. Problems playing this file? See media help. "We Shall Overcome"

Black revolution. Malcolm X said that President Kennedy called the Big Six civil rights leaders and told them to stop the march, but they told him they couldn't

and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which

Roosevelt Mason Howard (March 4, 1908 – May 1, 1976) was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian

historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later, sports

Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement. Till was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. During summer

Prior to the civil rights movement in South Carolina, African Americans in the state had very few political rights. South Carolina briefly had a majority-black

Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, 64 MCC 769 (1955) is a landmark civil rights case in the United States in which the Interstate Commerce Commission

Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, 64 MCC 769 (1955) is a landmark civil rights case in the United States in which the Interstate Commerce Commission

catalyst for change through music in the early 1960s protests of the Civil Rights era. Reagon devoted her life to social justice through music via recordings

to 30 days in prison. This was the first time that she took part in civil rights activities outside her immediate community.: 74  She became involved

other segregated facilities continued in Nashville until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended overt, legally sanctioned segregation nationwide

Luther King, Jr., a young Georgia minister, rose to lead a nationwide civil rights movement. He guided a bus boycott that ended segregated seating, supported

major Civil Rights Movement organizations operating in Mississippi. COFO was formed in 1961 to coordinate and unite voter registration and other civil rights

The riot and the federal crackdown were a major turning point in the civil rights movement and resulted in the desegregation of Ole Miss—the first integration

American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer

leaders of major organizations in the civil rights movement within the United States in the 1960s The Big Six (Ghana), six Ghanaian nationalists jailed

June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) was an American organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born

movement has been criticized for alienating itself from the mainstream civil rights movement, and its support of black separatism. The earliest known usage

1928 – January 10, 2005) was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

cases, paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the civil rights movement, and a model for many future impact litigation cases. The case

Bevel's adoption of Gandhi's nonviolent methods in their campaigns to win civil rights for African Americans, and César Chávez's campaigns of nonviolence in

ideological base, ultimately became the symbol of a new era of activism and civil rights in the United States. Douglas Elaine Moore was born in 1928 in Hickory

principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins

action which inspires Kennedy to deliver a national address proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After Kennedy is assassinated, his successor, Lyndon B.

The workers dealt with continuous mistreatment and denial of their civil rights. A week before his assassination, King led a demonstration through downtown

animal-handling procedures. Gregory saw civil rights and animal rights as intrinsically linked, once stating, "Because I'm a civil rights activist, I am also an animal

(April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his death

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage

by states and the federal government to prosecute cold cases from the civil rights era, the state placed both Blanton Jr. and Cherry on trial, who were

was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He made landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation and disenfranchisement of African

majored in history. He left college in 1965 and became an activist in the civil rights movement, first with the Northern Student Movement in Alabama, then with

led to organizing in the African-American community for justice and civil rights. On September 3, 1944, Taylor was kidnapped while leaving church and

Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe,

signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

and civil rights, and dedication to enforcing United States antitrust laws. Clark supervised the drafting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights

some aspects of the film, like the inclusion of a white "narrator". Civil rights movement in popular culture Cieply, Michael (1988-02-04). "USC Student

four acres (1.6 ha) and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin.

organizations. He was an activist and influential strategist in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a senior adviser and leader in the U.S. labor movement

American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement

The Civil Rights Congress (CRC) was a United States civil rights organization, formed in 1946 at a national conference for radicals and disbanded in 1956

politician of the Democratic Party, and served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urged United States presidents to support

Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution". The seed

line Big Six (activists) Birmingham Civil Rights District Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Black pride Black school Black suffrage Civil rights movement

Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of a series of events during the civil rights movement in the United States which occurred on June 18, 1964, at the

strike was an important event in the history of the civil rights movement, as both civil rights leaders and organized labor activists worked together

called the "Big Six" of the Civil Rights Movement: Bayard Rustin the strategist who has been called the "invisible man" of the Civil Rights Movement; labor

1995, and again from 2005 to 2014. In the 1960s, he was involved in the civil rights movement, first as a member of the Nashville Student Movement and then

aat [qʰaχ.ɡʌɬ.ʔatʰ]; July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and a Tlingit

1990s. The medley was released on their 1992 live album At the Ryman. Civil rights movement in popular culture Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln Cultural

The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of downtown Birmingham, Alabama where several significant events in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s

during the 1950s. By the end of the 1950s, the SA also was boycotted by civil rights leaders. The Association finally ceased operation after the 1961 season

Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights Detroit Walk to Freedom March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Big Six St. Augustine movement 1964–1968 Twenty-fourth

was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935

Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the American Civil Rights Movement. The book won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Bearing

The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame is a historic promenade that honors some of the activists involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other national

The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame is a historic promenade that honors some of the activists involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other national

was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935

back away from the civil rights and anti-war challenges of his times. The film focuses on events in King's life and the civil rights movement such as the

SCLC shifted their focus to these issues after observing that gains in civil rights had not improved the material conditions of life for many African Americans

States Congress declared January 15 to be a national holiday in honor of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Since 1978, Virginia had celebrated King's

The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of downtown Birmingham, Alabama where several significant events in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s

was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in

abruptly end to symbolize the sudden end of the lives of King and Kennedy. Civil rights movement in popular culture List of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr

activist who practiced nonviolent resistance during World War II and in the Civil Rights Movement. He is the only person who participated in both the Journey

1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the

Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United

Nonviolent Social Change Dexter Avenue Baptist Church National Civil Rights Museum Big Six African American founding fathers of the United States Authorship

nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and

broadcast the album version of Schwantner's composition to commemorate the civil rights leader. Proceeds from the album's sale benefited the King Center for

Maceo Snipes was a veteran and civil rights leader who was murdered in Taylor County, Georgia on July 18, 1946 after Snipes, a black World War II veteran

Public Library (DCPL), constructed and named in honor of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Its address is 901 G St. NW in Downtown

Archives. August 15, 2016. Brian Bender, "US cloaks case files involving civil rights", Boston Globe, 18 January 2010; reproduced at Common Dreams Archived

photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography. He is best

Nashville Student Movement Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine ~ Civil Rights Movement Archive Arsenault, Raymond (2006). Freedom Riders (book). Oxford

honor Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent activist and leader during the civil rights movement. The change was approved by the state government in 2005. It

known for a series of crucial decisions that advanced the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. At that time, the Fifth Circuit included not only Louisiana

and white graphic novel trilogy about the Civil rights movement, told through the perspective of civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis. The

archival footage of MLK between 1955 and 1968, the years of his work as a civil rights activist. It is largely chronological, showing a young MLK from 1963

Nonviolent Social Change Dexter Avenue Baptist Church National Civil Rights Museum Big Six African American founding fathers of the United States Authorship

became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838

The Virginia Civil Rights Memorial is a monument in Richmond, Virginia, commemorating protests which helped bring about school desegregation in the state

ongoing to the present day. The aggregate movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement in the United States had made significant progress, such as

their own "Black Codes" restricting or barring black immigration. The Civil Rights Act of 1866, however, nullified most of these laws, and the federal Freedman's

citizens' constitutional rights to vote and provide federal oversight. Civil Rights Movement Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era Voting Rights

was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement. The ACMHR focused on legal and nonviolent direct action against

and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the civil rights movement. After settling in Vermont in 1968, he ran unsuccessful third-party

 392. "The Time Has Come (1964–1966)". Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985, American Experience. PBS. Archived from the original

after it admitted its first African American student in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The school is now known as Hattie Cotton STEM Magnet Elementary

was an American photographer known for his photographs documenting the Civil Rights Movement. Probably his most famous photo is of Martin Luther King Jr

legislatures." Barber has stated, "We have these mythologies about the civil rights movement, about what it took to bring about change in America, but none

known for his photographs taken in the Southern United States during the Civil Rights Movement. The depictions of police brutality against peaceful protesters

an American photographer known for his work documenting the American Civil Rights Movement in 1965, specifically Bloody Sunday and other incidents from

Collections & Archives. There is also the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Collection on the 3rd floor. The library provides public computers and

Constance Winifred Curry (July 19, 1933 – June 20, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, educator, and writer. A longtime opponent of racial discrimination

artifacts from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. This museum is named after civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who is known for refusing to surrender her seat

was one of the "Big Six" leaders of groups who organized the 1963 March on Washington. He fulfilled many key roles in the civil rights movement and its

Bronx) is an American photographer who had documented the effects of the Civil Rights Movement. Randall is of Shinnecock, African-American and West Indian

in 1965-1966 and Reies López Tijerina in 1967-1969 collaborated with civil rights and Black Power organizations to forge Black-Brown collaborative activist

Emory's 169th Commencement, John Lewis, the only living "Big Six" leader of the civil rights movement, delivered the keynote address and received an honorary

(November 12, 1930 – August 5, 1965) was an African-American attorney and civil rights icon. She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky

research. Cooperation during the Civil Rights Movement was strategic and significant, culminating in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The relationship has

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March 19, 2016) was an American photographer known for his images of the civil rights movement. Adelman used his background as a graduate student in applied

Allen Johnson was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, an activist in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he was also

10, 1919 – January 10, 2000) was an American blues musician and local civil rights leader from Mississippi. He was also a renowned barber, who counted many

10, 1919 – January 10, 2000) was an American blues musician and local civil rights leader from Mississippi. He was also a renowned barber, who counted many

– June 28, 2007) was an American journalist and civil rights supporter who covered the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus boycott for African

his work with Look magazine from 1960 to 1971. At Look he covered the Civil Rights Movement throughout its duration, taking many of the movements memorable

: 6−8  President Richard Nixon's administration, which generally disliked civil rights laws but hoped to politically capitalize on the alienation of Southern

http://gradworks.umi.com/14/33/1433019.html The founding of Freedom: A Kansas City civil rights organization since 1962 (Leon Jordan, Bruce R. Watkins, Missouri, by

Nonviolent Social Change Dexter Avenue Baptist Church National Civil Rights Museum Big Six African American founding fathers of the United States Authorship

King (born March 3, 1936) is an American academic and African-American civil rights activist. He taught extensively in universities in the United Kingdom

the United States. She was born in Galveston, the daughter of famed civil rights leader Norris Wright Cuney, who led the Texas Republican Party during

Augustine, Florida, was in 1964 the site of a landmark protest event of the Civil Rights Movement. The site was before that occupied by the Monson House, a 19th-century

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station had a poor record with regards to the civil rights of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Dozens of times both the FCC and US

in the South led Davidson to undertake a documentary project on the civil rights movement. From 1961 to 1965, he chronicled its events and effects around

Martin (July 24, 1910 – April 27, 1963) was an American criminal and civil rights attorney from Danville, Virginia who became the first African American

(April 2, 1911 – November 2, 1986) was an American leader during the Civil Rights Movement. He served as executive director of the Virginia section of

in civil rights film, 'Loving'". The Advocate. Retrieved December 26, 2016. Robards, Brooks (November 21, 2016). "La. actor shines in civil rights film

Martin Luther King Jr., Clarence Benjamin Jones, and others within the Civil Rights Movement. Wachtel founded the Research Committee, an influential group

was the site of many arrests during the May 1961 Freedom Rides of the Civil Rights Movement. The Art Deco building has been preserved and currently functions

movement. In his autobiography, civil rights leader James Farmer described Height as one of the "Big Six" of the Civil Rights Movement as behind the scenes

during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. At just nine years old, Audrey was involved in the Brown v. Board Education march with Civil Rights Leaders to

photographer noted for his portraits of artists and photographs of the Civil Rights Movement and Native American life. Budnik studied painting at the Art

1928 – July 8, 2006), was a physician who was a family practitioner and civil rights leader in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is noted for organizing three wade-ins

April 2023, the Civil Rights Division official Karla Dobinski would issue a notice to close the case's file. "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative

York Times seeking to defend Martin Luther King Jr. and support the Civil Rights Movement. The ad ran in the March 29, 1960, edition of the Times with

editor J.B. Bass {d.1934} and followed by Charlotta) of integration and Civil Rights, the Eagle pushed for diversity and ran editorials against segregation

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was a voter registration civil rights initiative conducted from 1965 to 1966 in 120 counties in six southern

Jersey City, New Jersey, to an Irish American mother, Shirley, who was a civil rights activist from New Jersey. His father, a Black Radio Hall of Fame inductee

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi located at 222 North St. #2205. Its mission is to document, exhibit the history

and educator W. E. B. Du Bois, author, editor, sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and Pan-Africanist Kodwo Eshun, writer, theorist and filmmaker

Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) is an African-American civil rights and social-conservative non-profit organization. They advocate for religion

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photojournalist and circulation manager, known for his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. Hickman's work includes documenting the Mansfield school desegregation

Pennsylvania Press, January 17, 2000. Matthew J. Countryman. Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press, June

Margaret Davis Bowen (May 24, 1894 – April 1976) was a religious leader, civil rights activist and educator who led the Gilbert Academy, a top private black

Justice for All" Some Southerners and Their Passions, 2008 Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom, 2010 The Books

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Philip Randolph pioneered the use of prayer protests as a tactic of the civil rights movement. A "pray-in" is now a recognized tactic of nonviolent protest

however In the 20th century, the union movement, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and the war in Vietnam (see Vietnam War protests) all inspired

organizations, including the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations. Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Emancipation Oak, an historic tree on the campus

Civil Rights was honored as the third recipient of the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage. Lewis was one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights

Digs. February 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019. "Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era", The New York Times, April 16, 2001, retrieved January 20, 2012

other activists; as well as women's roles in black churches during the Civil Rights Movement and the outcome of the 1960s Black Power movement. Parmar took

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against lynchings, but did little to advance the cause of African-American civil rights. He reduced the number of blacks holding federal patronage. In 1906,

still a segregated city, where Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the civil rights movement, was assassinated in 1968. While there was much racism around

the grass-roots activism in the rural Black Belt that led to the US civil rights movement. The museum is housed in neighboring shotgun houses in Greensboro's

Ethel Sawyer Adolphe is a civil rights activist and sociology professor. She is known for her role in the Sit-in movement and contributions to the Sociology

of the United Gold Coast Convention and The Big Six Frederick D. Alexander 1931 businessman, civil rights activist Walter G. Alexander 1899 first African

activities on campus—most conspicuously, student activities related to the Civil Rights Movement. The arrest in Sproul Plaza of Jack Weinberg, a recent Berkeley

Commission Monetary gold ownership Gold Reserve Act Silver seizure Record on civil rights Defense industry non-discrimination Fair Employment Practice Committee

age of 14, and his mother, Mamie Till, who became an advocate in the Civil Rights Movement. The monument includes three sites, one in Illinois and two

social, economic and political status. The recovery was achieved in the Civil Rights Movement, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, under the leadership of

age of 14, and his mother, Mamie Till, who became an advocate in the Civil Rights Movement. The monument includes three sites, one in Illinois and two

important roles of the CCBA was that of defender and sometimes litigator of civil rights. For example, they hired police officers to watch over Chinese businesses

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American Jews played an important role in the country's civil rights movement, forming alliances with African American leaders and organizations. Jewish

activist, and author; lived there from 1961 to the 2010s Bayard Rustin, civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights activist; lived there from 1962

studios over film making continued to increase through the 1990s. The Big Six companies all enjoyed a period of expansion in the 1990s. They each developed

opposition alliance eventually fell apart. In the 1990s, he formed a civil rights organization called Ghana's Committee on Human and People's Rights. He

reflected his liberal values in such areas of litigation and regulation as civil rights and anti-trust enforcement and consumer and environmental protection

camp, both strongly anti-communist, pro-business, and supportive of civil rights. In April 1963, the Tribune published the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Gernon (BS 1966), Kansas Supreme Court Justice Susan Goering (BA and JD), civil rights lawyer James B. Graham (MS 1947), Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts

Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-11-10. D.E. Schlatter (May 4, 2015). "State civil rights agency finds Neshaminy's use of 'Redskins' name 'racially derogatory

at other hotels and resorts that had given rise to it fell victim to civil rights laws, and younger generations of Jews in any event felt more assimilated

The Savannah Protest Movement was an American campaign led by civil rights activists to bring an end to the system of racial segregation in Savannah, Georgia

Gaines (2006), American Africans in Ghana, Black expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. O'Neill, Megan

criticised by some for comparing it to the anti-apartheid and American civil rights movements. A June 2011 poll result from Ipsos MORI put Labour 2 percentage

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pilgrimage shifted and softened, and failed to keep pace with the burgeoning civil rights movement. Attendance waned. In 1978, plans to add an interpretative center

Bureau of Investigation installed a wiretap on the home telephone line of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., after approval by U.S. Attorney General

Aspen-Rodel Fellows. In 1993, Ma worked at Ernst & Young, one of the "big six" accounting firms at the time. However, seeing few female managers and

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related to the automobile industry, major accounting firms including the "Big Six" hired Japanese employees and catered to the new Japanese business populations

in the title of his 1964 autobiography, written during the American Civil Rights Movement. Gregory comments on his choice of title in the book's primary

Ain't Shit," The Chronic, and Death Row Records. Of a background in civil rights activism and state political office, Tucker demanded congressional hearings

586 m) high Kangchenjunga. Died: A. Philip Randolph, 90, African-American civil rights leader who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters labor union

at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and last member of the Big Six 28 August 1963 Sammy Baugh 17 December 2008(2008-12-17) (aged 94) Last

2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020. "John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 80". WCAU. July 18, 2020. Barker, Tyler (July 17, 2020)

criticised by some for comparing it to the anti-apartheid and American civil rights movements. A June 2011 poll result from Ipsos MORI put Labour 2 percentage