Impact and Legacy – African American Civil Rights Movement

What is the African American Civil Rights Movement?

The Civil Rights Movement was a mass protest against racial segregation and discrimination...

The SCLC was created in 1957. It has its roots in the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)...

Affirmative action was created to protect minorities and women against discrimination in education...

Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest...

16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came...