IN CONTEXT
Civil rights movement
1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and, in doing so, ignites the civil rights movement.
1960 Four students at a whites-only restaurant counter are refused food, leading to sit-ins across the US.
1965 Malcolm X, founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is shot dead.
1966 Stokely Carmichael introduces the idea of “Black Power,” turning away from non-violent protests.
1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated, leading to rioting across US cities.
The March on Washington on August 28, 1963 ...
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