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Civil Rights (Non-violent (Freedom Summer- A volunteer campaign in the…
Civil Rights
Non-violent
Freedom Summer- A volunteer campaign in the United States that attempted to register as many African-American voters as possible.
Voting Registration-wanted as many African Americans to vote, and some whites would go and vote for the african americans in fear they would be hurt or worse.
March on Washington- for jobs and freedom in the nation's capital.
Freedom Riders- civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated souther United States and made attempts to integrate the interstates, bus terminals, rest stops, and other public facilities.
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Rosa- Refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City bus to a white person, as she was legally required to do.
Sit-ins african americans went into "white-only" restaraunts and sat there to be served and waited for the police to come and kick them out of the place and beat them, and they still continued to come back.
Greensboro, NC- non-violent protest in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain to remove its policy of racial segregation in the Souther United States.
Little Rock Nine- 9 African American boys were able to go into a white school, but they weren't able to do in the first time , however the second time they were let in and had to be escorted for 180 days around school by the U.S Army so they wouldn't get hurt.
Selma- fought for the right to carry out protest and federal legislation to protect African Americans from barriers that had prevented them from voting.
Burmingham Riot-Peaceful protests, however the whites ended up hurting the people and causing these big riots to go about just to stop the protests and did so my spraying them with fire hoses, and using the k-9s to bite then, etc.
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