CIVIL RIGHTS-THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
The Students Organize
I.

Greensboro,
North Carolina SIT-IN
*Four Black student's started a protest...
*The student's were disturbed that they were not allowed to...
*The student's finally decided to "_____" or remain seated until they
were served or arrested.
*The owner refused to serve them but also did not have them arrested.
*During the following weeks, thousands of black and white student's protested
against
Restaurant segregation. Many...
II.
*________, Director of SCLC'S headquarters in Atlanta was a....
Her experiences with the NAACP and SCLC led her to sympathize with student's
rather than
with more cautious adults.
*In 1960, she encouraged them to form their own independent organization-
THE....
*This group was to practice "g_________________" not individual.
The SCLC needs people
who are not interested in...
III.

*King was arrested in Atlanta after he joined student's in a
"sit-in". His arrest attracted media coverage
from all over the United States.
*Presidential candidates had to take a stand and either go one way or the other
in regards to the Civil Rights issue.
*JFK called King's wife and expressed his concern for her husband's cause.
He asked her if there was anything that he could do for her and her husband.
*He aided in King's release and this was very much appreciated in the Black
community.
*Kennedy won the election with Black voters helping to supply the narrow margin
of victory.
IV.
THE FREEDOM RIDES

*During the_________, Black and White protestors staged "___________"
to carry the Civil Rights
struggle into...
*CORE (_________________________________) took up their struggle and aided them.
*In _____________, an angry mob attacked the Freedom Riders and the effort
ended. It was then
replaced by others.
*___________________ student Freedom Rider's took buses into Mississippi...
*Still more came and the jails filled up quickly.
*The attacks on the Freedom Riders put Kennedy on the defensive. He
wanted them to...