civil rights movement
joaquin gonzalez
1964 civil rights act
on June 11 president John F. Kennedy gave a televised speech talking about the importance of civil rights for ALL americans. the bill was passed in both the house of representatives and the senate.
1960 sncc
young students began to boycott segregated businesses using sit-ins to cause businesses to lose money and enventually desegregated. whit students were inspired by dr. kings methods of non-violence and civil disobedience.
1960 sibley commission
many schools district in Georgia threatened to close their schools if they forced to desegregate. the federal gov. threatened to cut off funding to Georgia school because the state was very slow in outlawing segregation.
1961 uga desergregation
African-American were allowed to attend the university of Georgia. Hamilton holmes and charlayne hunter were the first black students integrated in all-white college.
1961 albany movement
dr.king helped to originized a large movement to end segregation. their were boycott. they help the African American regesiter to vote.
1963 march on washington
many activist spoke to the crowd. MLK deliverd his I have a dream speech.