Category:Civil Rights Movement

Freedom Ride

In May of 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality supported the freedom ride. The freedom ride was where a biracial group tried to test the Supreme Court's decision about banning segregation used in interstate commerce. The group got attacked as soon as they arrived in Birmingham, Alabama by a group of white people.

March on Washington

On August 28, 1963, 200,000 plus marchers gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The marchers were united together to urge the passage of JFK's civil rights bill. They also listened to multiple speeches but the most memorable was MLK's "I Have a Dream".