Civil Rights
Important Events
In the 1800`s most southern and some other states passed new laws for segregation. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil Rights movement in the 1960`s. In Greensboro on February 1,1960, four African American college students walked into a Woolworth store for lunch. They sat down at a counter that was reserved for white customers only. The store manager would not serve them. The students refused to leave until they had their meal. The next day a few more African Americans joined them, and after almost a week, hundreds of people participated in the "sit-in" protest. Six months later, the Woolworth company changed their policy and allowed everyone to eat at its lunch counters. In 1964, the United States government passed the Civil Rights Act, which banned segregation in public places. Since the 1960`s, many other groups have worked for rights and equality, such as American indians, Hispanics, women, and people with disabilities.
Key Words
Civil rights, peaceful protests, and segregation.
Protest at the Counter
Hundreds of people protest in the Woolworth store at the lunch counter that was reserved for white customers.
We picked this picture because it is a picture of a lot of protesters at the lunch counter.
Protests for Fair Treatment
Many people, whites and blacks together, took part in the Civil Rights movement which was a protest for an end to segregation.
We picked this picture because it is a picture of Father Theodore Hesburgh and Martin Luther King Jr. holding hands during the Civil Rights movement.
Protests Take Over
Six months after the four African American college students sat at the lunch counter reserved for whites, the Woolworth company ended segregation at its lunch counters. People began to hold similar protests throughout the South.
We picked this picture because it shows people protesting outside the Woolworth store.