Civil Rights Movement

Albany (Georgia) Movement, 1961 -  a desegragation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961

- it was credited as a key lesson in strategy and tactics for the national civil rights movement

Birmingham, desegregation of, 1963 - a strategic movement organized by the Southern Chrisitan Leadership Confrence (SCLC) to bring attention to the unequal treatment black americans endured in Brimingham, Alabama

-it was a strategic movement for the civil rights movement

Black Power - movement emphasizing racal pride and black politics and cultural institution to promote black collective interest and increase black values.

-it was a movement for the civil rights movement

Brown v Board of Education, 1954 - a landmark decision from the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws that seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional

- this decision lead way for the civil rights movementboycotts - a political and social protest intended to protest the city's policy of racial segragation on public transportation systems.

bus

- this was a stragety used int he civil rights movement

Central High School (Little Rock), 1957 -  a forced school of desegregation

- this was a way to promote the civil rights movement

Citizens Councils  - White supremacist organization

- They opposed the civil rights movement

civil rights - Civil and political rights are a class of rights and freedoms that protect individuals from unwarranted action by government and private organizations and individuals and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression

- The Civil Rights Movement aimed for this

Civil Rights Act of 1957 - the first civil rights legislation enacted by the Congress in the U.S.

- an Act part of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Act of 1960 - a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote or actually vote

- an Act of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Act of 1964 - a landmark piece of legislation in the U.S. that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation

- an Act of the Civil Rights Movement

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) - a U.S. civil rights organization that originally played a pivotal role for african americans in the Civil Rights Movement.

- This helped Promote the Civil Rights Movement

Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - formed to coordinate and unite voter registration and other civil rights activities in the state and oversee the distribution of funds from the Voter Education Project

- Help Promed Civil Rights Movement