The 1964 Civil Rights Act.
By. Hector Ruiz
civil rights
On June 11, 1963, president John F. Kennedy gave a televised speech talking about the importance of civil rights for all Americans.
Civil Rights Act.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy arose, people were thirsty for change.
Civil Rights Act.
This act was a huge step in eliminating racism and discrimination as the previous decade saw much of it.
Civil Rights Act.
A man holding sign in protest against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
-1960 S.N.C.C (student non-violent coordinating committe.)
Young students began to boycott segregation businesses , using sit-ins to cause businesses to lose money and eventually desegregation.
-1960 Sibley Commossion
Many school districts in Georgia threatened to close their school if they were forced to desegregation.
-1961 UGA Desegragation
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students integrated In the all-white college.
-1961 Albany Movement.
Dr. King helped to organize a large movement to end segregation in the south Georgia city of Albany.
-1963 March on Washington
The march was so effective that congress signed the civil rights act and the voting rights act.