Voting rights After the passage of the , civil rights leaders decided to concentrate their efforts...
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Freedom Summer
In 1964 decided to concentrate their efforts in voter registration in Mississippi which was lagging...
The March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln...
Birmingham Campaign
In the 1960s Birmingham, Alabama was the largest industrial city in the South and according to the...
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Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins (1901 – 1981) was a prominent civil right activist, leader and journalist...
Whitney Young Jr.
Whitney Moore Young Jr. (1921-1971) was an American Civil Rights leader and head of the...
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Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins (1901 – 1981) was a prominent civil right activist, leader and journalist...
Whitney Young Jr.
Whitney Moore Young Jr. (1921-1971) was an American Civil Rights leader and head of the...
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came...
John Lewis
John Lewis (1940) is one of the Big Six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s...
James Farmer
James Farmer (1920-1999) was one of the of the African American Civil Rights Movement of the...