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United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963)Clockwise from top left:
W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr..The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states.
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United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)Clockwise from top left: W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X,
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr..The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states.
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achieved without bloodshedDuring the period 1955–1968, acts of
nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities. -
an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equalityMany of those who were active in the Civil Rights Movement, with organizations such as NAACP, SNCC,
CORE and SCLC, prefer the term "Southern Freedom Movement" because the struggle was about far more than just civil rights under law; it was also about fundamental issues of freedom, respect, dignity, and economic and social equality. -
a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to moveForms of protest and/or civil disobedience included boycotts such as the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) in Alabama; "sit-ins" such as the influential Greensboro
sit-in (1960) in North Carolina; marches, such as the Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) in Alabama; and a wide range of other nonviolent activities. -
militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)Clockwise from top left: W. E. B. Du Bois,
Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr..The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states.
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an American whose ancestors were born in Africa(April 2010)
Prominent figures of the
African-American Civil Rights Movement. -
discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another raceClockwise from top left: W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr..
The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing
racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states. -
a city of north central North CarolinaForms of protest and/or civil disobedience included boycotts such as the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) in Alabama; "sit-ins" such as the influential
Greensboro sit-in (1960) in North Carolina; marches, such as the Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) in Alabama; and a wide range of other nonviolent activities. -
refusal to have commercial dealings with some organizationForms of protest and/or civil disobedience included
boycotts such as the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) in Alabama; "sit-ins" such as the influential Greensboro sit-in (1960) in North Carolina; marches, such as the Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) in Alabama; and a wide range of other nonviolent activities. -
a town in central Alabama on the Alabama riverForms of protest and/or civil disobedience included boycotts such as the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) in Alabama; "sit-ins" such as the influential Greensboro sit-in (1960) in North Carolina; marches, such as the
Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) in Alabama; and a wide range of other nonviolent activities. -
large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including rosesClockwise from top left: W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X,
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr..The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against African Americans and restoring Suffrage in Southern states.