U.S. Civil Rights Movement

This is a very short paragraph. Sadly, the American Civil Rights Movement has to be one of the most poorly represented bits of American history on the internet. There aren't many pictures big enough to convey any feeling of being there. Newsreel footage is impossible to find. So, we're recommending that you watch the DVD series featured below. It's an excellent study, and you'll learn a lot.


Eyes on the Prize




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People to Know

Marting Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Jesse Jackson
Jackie Robinson


Places to Know

Little Rock, Arkansas
Montgomery, Alabama
Selma, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Washington, D.C.


Vocabulary

Jim Crow Law
Segregation
De-segregation
Integration
Freedom Riders
15th Amendment
Kerner Report
Sit-ins
Bus Boycott
Freedom March
Ku Klux Klan
"White Only"



Dates to Know

1955 (Rosa Parks)
1956 (Montgomery Bus Boycotts)
1960 (First Sit-in)
1961 (Freedom Bus Rides)
1963 (Birmingham Campaign)
1963 (Children's Crusade)
1963 (March on Washington)
1964 ("I Have a Dream" Speech)
1965 (Selma March)
1968 (Dr. King Murdered)
1968 (Civil Rights Act Passed)