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burning.
See
Mount Zion Church burning.
segregation of
white churches
See also specific churches.
Clark, Jim (Selma, AL, sheriff)
“Closed society” of Mississippi
COFO.
See
Council of Federated Organizations (COFO).
Colc, Bud
Cole, Jim
Collins, Addie Mae
Colvin, Claudette
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
COFO forming
Freedom Rides
Connor, Eugene “Bull” (Birmingham police commissioner)
Constitution, U.S.
Corcroft, Freeman
CORE.
See
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)
Eubanks, Thelma
forming of
Freedom Summer
Meridian, MS, office
voter rights projects
Cross burning
Daniels, Jonathan
DeBerry, Roy
Democratic Party
Demonstrations.
See
Marches/demonstrations/protests.
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL.
See also
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
Disk jockeys
“Dixie,”
Doctors
Dodgers, the
Drinking fountains.
See
Water fountains, segregation of.
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Eckford, Elizabeth.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Eisenhower, President Dwight
Eubanks, Thelma
Evers, Medgar
“Eyes on the Prize,”
Fairfiefd, AL.
See also
Tarver, Judy.
Farmer, James
Fast, Howard
Faubus, Orval (Arkansas governor)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Connor, Eugene “Bull” (Birmingham police commissioner), report on
Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman murders
Selma-to-Montgomery march
Fire hoses
First Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL
Foster, Frances
Foster, Marie
Fountains.
See
Water fountains, segregation of; Soda fountains, segregation of.
Freedom Party.
See
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).
Freedom Rides
Freedom Road
(book)
Freedom schools
Freedom songs.
See
Singing in; Songs.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Vote
Gadson, Mary
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gaston Motel
Gibson High School, McComb, MS
“Go Down, Moses,”
“Go Tell It on the Mountain,”
Goodman, Andrew
Gray, Fred
Green, Ernest.
See
also Little Rock Nine.
Greensboro, NC, sit-ins
Greenwood, MS
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Hendricks, Audrey Faye
Henry, Aaron
Highlander Folk School
Hinkle, Towanner
Holly Springs, MS .
See also
DeBerry, Roy.
Horace Mann High School, Little Rock, AR
Hospitals, segregation of
Howard, Barbara
Howard, Princella
Hrowbuski, Maggie
Huntsville, AL, sit-ins
“I Have a Dream” speech
I Wish I Was in Dixie,”
Imprisonments.
See
Jail/arrest experiences.
Interstate buses
Itta Bena, MS.
See also
Simpson, Euvester.
Jackson, Jawana
Jackson, Jimmie Lee
Jackson, MS
Jail/arrest experiences
Carter, Myrna
Chaney, Ben
Children's Crusade
Colvin, Claudette
Eubanks, Thelma
Foster, Frances
Freedom Riders
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Hendricks, Audrey Faye
Hinkle, Towanner
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
Martin, Larry
Roberson, Bernita
Russell, Larry
Shuttlesworth children
Simpson, Euvester
Tarver, Judy
Williams, Gladis
See also
Police.
James Earl Chaney Foundation
Jewish children
Johnson, Judge Frank M.
Johnson, June
Johnson, President Lyndon
Democratic Party Convention nomination
phones Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Selma-to-Montgomery march protection
Voting Rights Act of,
Kennedy, President John F.
assassination of
Freedom Rides
Kennedy, Robert (U.S. attorney general)
King, Coretta Scott
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination of
Birmingham, AL, in
funeral of
“I Have a Dream” speech
jailing of
Little Rock Nine
March on Washington (August 28, 1963)
MIA president
nonviolence
SCLC president
Selma, AL, in
speaking
KKK.
See
Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., and
Liuzzo murder
Schwerner/Chaney/Goodman murders
Lacey, Joseph
Lanier High School, Montgomery, AL
Lawson, James
Lee, Barbara
Lee, Bernard
Lee, Reverend George
Libraries, segregation of
Little Rock Nine .
See also
Green, Ernest.
Liuzzo, Viola
Longdale, MS.
See also
Steele, John.
Lunch counters, segregation of .
See also
Restaurants; Stores.
Makarios, Archbishop
Mann, Colonel Floyd (Alabama public safety director/state patrol head)
March on Washington (August 28, 1963)
Marches/demonstrations/protests
Birmingham, AL
bus boycott.
See
Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Children's Crusade, Huntsville, AL
March on Washington (August 28, 1963)
Montgomery, AL
Selma, AL
Selma-to-Montgomery.
See
Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
Woolworth‘s
See also
Sit-ins.
Marion, AL
Martin, Larry
Mass meetings
Birmingham, AL
Freedom Riders and
King, Martin Luther, Jr., at
Marion, AL
Mississippi
Montgomery Bus Boycott
nonviolence training
Selma, AL
whites at
Mays, Benjamin
McComb, MS
church bombings
freedom schools
school integration
See also
Eubanks, Thelma.
McNair, Denise
Meridian, MS.
See also
Chaney, Ben; Martin, Larry.
MFDP.
See
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).
MIA.
See
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
Montgomery, AL
bombings
Booker T. Washington High School teachers
bus boycott.
See
Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Freedom Riders in
marches to.
See
Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
MIA.
See
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
school integration
sit-ins
See also
Boyd, Delores; Carr, Arlam; Colvin, Claudette; Howard, Barbara; Howard, Princella; Lacey, Joseph; Patton, Gwendolyn; Taylor, Fred; Williams, Gladis.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., president of
mass meetings
Montgomery Bus Boycott and
oratorical contest
organizing of
Selma-to-Montgomery marches and
sit-ins
Moore, Margaret
Morehouse College
Morgan, Charles
Moses, Bob
Mother's Day Massacre (May 14, 1961)
Mothershed, Thelma.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Mount Zion Church burning
Movie theaters, segregation of
Murders/killings/assassinations
Chaney, James Earl
Daniels, Jonathan
Evers, Medgar
Goodman, Andrew
Jackson, Jimmie Lee
Kennedy, President John F.
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
Lee, Reverend George
Liuzzo, Viola
Reeb, Reverend James
Reeves, Jeremiah
Schwerner, Michael (Mickey)
Sixteenth Street Church bombing
Till, Emmett
NAACP.
See
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Nash, Diane
Nashville Student Movement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Alabama bans
Arkansas school integration
COFO formation
Evers, Medgar
Howard, Princella
Lee, Reverend George
Little Rock Nine and
Mississippi activities of
Nixon, E. D.
Parks, Rosa
Reeves, Jeremiah
Neshoba County, MS
New Pilgrim Church, Birmingham, AL
Nixon, E. D.
Nonviolence
“Northern interference,”
“O Freedom,”
Orange, James
“Outside agitators/troublemakers,”
Parker High School, Birmingham, AL
Parks, Rosa
Parks, segregation of
Pattillo, Melba.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Patton, Gwendolyn
Peck, Jim
Philadelphia, MS, church burning.
See
Mount Zion Church burning.
Phillips High School, Birmingham, AL
Police
Birmingham. AL
Corcroft arrest
Freedom Riders and
Mann, Colonel Floyd (Alabama public safety director/state patrol head)
Marion, AL
Meridian, MS
Neshoba County, MS
Selma, AL
Wmona, MS
See also
Jail/arrest experiences.
Ponder, Annell
Price, Cecil Ray (Neshoba County deputy sheriff)
Protests.
See
Marches/demonstrations/protests.
R. B. Hudson High School, Selma, AL
Rainey, Lawrence (Neshoba County sheriff)
Randolph, A. Philip
Ray, Gloria.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Reeb, Reverend James
Reese, Reverend
Reeves, Jeremiah
Restaurants/fast food, segregation of .
See also
Lunch counters, segregation of.
Restrooms/bathrooms, segregation of
Roberson, Bernita
Roberson, James
Roberts, Terrence.
See also
Little Rock Nine.
Robertson, Carole
Robinson, Jackie
Robinson, Jo Ann
Russell, Larry
Rustin, Bayard
Samuel Ullman High School, Birmingham, AL
Schools
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka
freedom schools
integration of
segregation of
Southern Manifesto,”
See also
Teachers;
specific schools.
Schwerner, Michael (Mickey)
Schwerner, Rita
SCLC.
See
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Segregation experiences .
See also specific segregated facilities.
Selma, AL
Brown Chapel Church.
See
Brown Chapel AME Church.
King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.
marches/demonstrations in
mass meetings
police
Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
See
Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
teachers
voter registration
See also
Hinkle, Towanner; Jackson, Jawana; Webb, Sheyann.
Selma-to-Montgomery marches
“Bloody Sunday” (March 7, 1965)
second march (March 21-25, 1965)
Shaw University
Shuttlesworth, Fred, Jr.
Shuttlesworth, Mrs.
Shuttlesworth, Pat
Shuttlesworth, Reverend Fred
Shuttlesworth, Ricky
Simpson, Euvester
Singing in
centers/meetings/workshops/church
demonstrations/marches
jail
See also
Songs.
Sit-ins
Birmingham, AL
Greensboro, NC
Huntsville, AL
Meridian, MS
Montgomery, AL
See also
Marches/demonstrations/protests.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Slavery
Smith, Lillian
Smitherman, Joseph T.
SNCC.
See
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Soda fountains, segregation of
Songs
“Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round,”
“America the Beautiful,”
“Dixie,”
“Eyes on the Prize,”
“Go Down, Moses,”
“Go Tell It on the Mountain,”
O Freedom,”
“We Shall Overcome,”

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