CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• "I Have A Dream" speech
• August 28, 1963
• Wanted to fight for equality
• Washington D.C.

ROSA PARKS

• Wouldn't give up seat
• December 1, 1955
• Wanted integration on the buses
• Montgomery, Alabama

JOHN LEWIS

• Named chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which he helped form
• February 1, 1960
• To be treated equally
• Nashville, Tennessee

JIMMIE LEE JACKSON

• Marched in the peaceful night march
• February 18, 1965
• To be treated equal
• Selma-Montgomery, Alabama

JOHN F. KENNEDY

• Gave civil rights speech
• November 22,
• He was fighting for the African Americans to be treated equally