Museum of Civil Rights Chicago

Greensboro Sit-ins

March on Washington

Children's March

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Chicago

Museum of Civil rights

Day 50 March 25,

the movement had spread across 22 cities in 13 states

Day 5 Feb. 5 1960

Over 300 students were sitting in

Day 4 Feb. 4 1960

The number of protestors clears 100

Day 3 Feb. 3 1960

By the end of the third day, 85 students were sitting in

Day 2 Feb. 2 1960

The next day, the number had increased to 19

Day 1 Feb. 1 1960

Four students sat down at Woolworth's lunch counter

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Greensboro Sit-ins

The Greensboro Sit-ins were a anti-segregation demonstration led by college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were protesting segregation of lunch counters and other public places. The movement spread quickly, with most of North Carolina involved in the sit-in. The participators would sit at the counter until they were served, sometimes for weeks.

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March on Washington and associated events

• First Selma March, Early March, 1965
• Second Selma March, Early March, 1965
• Third Selma March, Mid-March, 1965
• Montgomery Bus Boycott, Early December 1955-Late December, 1956
• March on Washington, 1963
• Dr, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke the I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

The March on Wshington and associated events was the climax of the movement, along with the Selma Marches, culminating in a protest on topics including voting rights, jobs, fair wages, education, protection of rights, economic oppurtunity, and an end to segregation in general. It included the most famous speech in history

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Birmingham Children's March

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The Civil Rights Movement was not all sunshine and rainbows, however. The Birmingham Children's March was an example of this. It started with high hopes. Civil Rights leaders in Birmingham had run out of willing volunteers for demonstrations, so they turned to children. The children marched down the street in pairs, holding signs and protesting segregation. They were brutally repressed. The police beat them with batons and set their dogs on the defenseless children. Fire hoses blasted them to the ground and tore open clothing and skin. Thousands of children were arrested, and the protest was called off. But the brutality eventually backfired on the oppressors, when the nation saw the events in Birmingham, it increased the push for desegregation.

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