Civil Rights Protests Objective: Describe the significance of the various forms of protest on the Civil Rights movement.

Sit -ins Sit-in – protest where people sit in a place and refuse to move until their demands are met.

As sit-ins spread, segregationists began to abuse protesters Effective protest tactic – forced many stores with lunch counters to serve African Americans

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is formed (SNCC) – organization primarily formed by and for young people

Freedom Rides 1960 – Supreme Court rules bus stations could not be segregated May, 1961 – CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) planned Freedom Rides to find out if South was enforcing ruling

Purpose was to desegregate interstate buses (buses that travel between states) Would attempt to use ‘white only’ facilities at bus terminals

Freedom riders would be attacked, arrested, and jailed Kennedy sent federal marshals to protect the riders

Federal government issued new rules banning segregation on interstate buses and in bus stations Riders achieve their goal

Higher Education 1962 – University of Mississippi ordered to enroll first African American student – James Meredith Mississippi Governor and state police blocked the registration

Riot broke out Kennedy sent federal marshals to protect Meredith

June, 1963 – Alabama governor vowed to block integration of the University of Alabama Alabama National Guard sent in Governor Wallace backed down