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Civil Rights 1960-1975 - Coggle Diagram
Civil Rights 1960-1975
Greensborough Sit ins
Woolworth lunch counter
1960
Peaceful Protest
Core training
SCLC training
James Meredith
Southern University
No African American student have been accepted yet
unable to register despite the supreme court ruling
president Kennedy sent 500 troops to escort him
mob of 300 was stopping him getting in
Brimingham Campaign
targets chief of police
held sit in's protest to get there way
forced to use fire hoses dogs to disperse protesters
prisons become full
know as campaign C
march on Washington
250,000 attend
marching on the capital to secure jobs and freedom
I had a dream speech was given
supported by Famous people
freedom summers
helping African American people to pass literacy tests
helping them to vote
results in Mississippi murders
1000 people volunteered
Selma
happens after the civil rights act
not many African American had registered to vote
involved king Rasing awareness for voter registration
marched from Selma to Montgonmery
Johnson supported this and sent troops to escort
civil right act and voting rights act
bill passed by the government to aid desegregation
officially the government could send in people the help them register
many didn't as they where threatened
lack of funding made it difficult to enforce
black power
coined by Scholey Carmicheal
more radical view leads to lack of white support
Malcolm X
nation of Islam calls for a separate black state
Mexico olimpics
march against fear
Riots
happened 329 times
triggered by police brutality
kings northern campaign
tried the use the tactic in the north that was used in the south
met with huge violence