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Lunch Counter Sit-InsFebruary 1960
Lunch Counter Sit-InsFebruary 1960
Birmingham Protest RevivalApril 1963
Big Colored ParadeNovember 28, 1961 The Big Colored Parade took place on November 28, 1961, in San Francisco. The protestors marched from Market Street to City Hall both in solidarity with the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama but also for equality in San Francisco. Unfortunately, like many events in the Civil Rights Movement, I could […]
Black PantherProtests1969 In 1969, Connecticut saw a rise in youth involvement in support of the Black Panthers Party after the arrest of Huey P. Newton, the founder of the group. The Civil Rights Movement in Hartford had been working to end racial disparity and lift up the black community in the area. Some of these protesters were […]
Freedom SummerJune 1964 Freedom Summer was a campaign to assist African Americans in registering to vote, to education black youth, and to fight for desegregation and equality. To achieve these goals, African American organizers needed to train volunteers, who were subsequently mostly white, to prepare for the inevitable attacks they would experience in Mississippi. Many of the volunteers […]
Democratic National ConventionAugust 1964 During Freedom Summer, many of the volunteers traveled from Mississippi in August of 1964 to Atlantic City, New Jersey to protest at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). They sought the equality the current two party system was denying people of color. This led to the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic […]
Adkin High School Protest1951 A completely student-led desegregation protests at Adkin High School, over seven hundred students walked out of class to protest the unequal facilities between their all-black school and the all-white school in Kinston, North Carolina. After picketing outside for weeks they successfully obtained updates to their school. However, the school remained segregated […]
Freedom Summer TrainingJune 1964 Initially known as The Mississippi Summer Project, a group of seven to eight hundred volunteers, including teenagers, participated in training for a summer trip to Mississippi where they would face off against racism and violence while attempting to register African Americans to vote. The training, initially intended to take place in […]
March on WashingtonAugust 28, 1963 The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom had, unsurprisingly, drew a crowd of protestors of all ages. The crowd would peak around a quarter of a million. However, this historic march is continually discussed in sole regards to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. By looking […]
This website presents my research conducted in the Spring 2017 term at the University of Mary Washington under Dr. S. Fernsebner regarding youth involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. After this term’s completion, the website has continued to be maintained and expanded upon by myself, Natalie Griffitts.