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African American Studies 40A. Week 9: The Modern Civil Rights Movement. Sit-in Protest for Desegregation of Lunch Counters in Greensboro, North Carolina (1960). Bombing of Freedom Ride Bus (1961).
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African American Studies 40A Week 9: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
Sit-in Protestfor Desegregation of Lunch Counters in Greensboro, North Carolina (1960)
James Meredith First African American to be Admitted to the University of Mississippi a.k.a. Ole’ Miss(1961-1962)
1963 Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist ChurchBirmingham, Alabama(Top to Bottom) Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Addie May Collins, and Cynthia Wesley. Chris and Maxine McNair holding a photograph of their daughter)
Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing the crowd at the March on Washington (1963)