Read descriptions of the different groups involved during the civil rights movement.
Learn about some of the important events that took place during the civil rights movement.
Learn about key figures during the civil rights movement.
Take a closer look at milestones that occured during the civil rights movement.
Read excerpts from journalist John Egerton's book Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South.
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In 2006, American Expereince spoke to Alan Jenkins about the civil rights movement as it entered the twenty-first century.
Bernice Johnson Reagon explains the importance of music in the Civil Rights Movement.
Here Diane Nash explains how she got involved with the protests and learned the tactics of nonviolent resistance.
At the age of 23, civil rights leader John Lewis helped organize the 1963 march on Washington.
Activist Stokely Carmichael explains some of the tactics used by SNCC organizers.
Bernard LaFayette, a co-founder of SNCC, describes the reasons why the organization needed to go to Chicago.
