The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Introduction

The Civil Rights Movement was at a peak from 1955-1965. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, guaranteeing basic civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race, after nearly a decade of nonviolent protests and marches, ranging from the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott to the student-led sit-ins of the 1960s to the huge March on Washington in 1963.

1. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
2. Sit-Ins
3. The Freedom Rides
4. Birmingham
5. The March on Washington
6. Mississippi and Freedom Summer
7. Selma