The civil rights movement of 1955-1965
Question
The civil rights movement of 1955-1965 comprised a lengthy series of campaigns
in localities across the South. Identify three campaigns that strike you as especially significant, and explain why you have chosen them. Based of Eric Foner textbook, Give Me Liberty, pp. 968-979 (“The Freedom Movement” to “The World Views the United States” [inclusive]), 983-1002 (“The Civil Rights Revolution” to “The Rise of Black Power” [inclusive])