1. On February 1, 1960, 4 students from a black college in
, North Carolina, began their protest against the racial segregation
laws by such tactics as
, thus beginning the civil rights movement.
2. The civil rights movement, together with
and
during the 1960s had been deeply rooted in U.S. history.
3. Those who worked in the civil rights movement included
, black and white young people, and some
and some housewives.
4. When the civil rights movement began,
direct
action tactics like "
"
and
were
used to protest segregation laws. Later, anti-war activists added
"
"
to educate people about the war in Vietnam.
5. According to a professor of history, all social movements have
two basic characteristics : "
",
and "
".
6. The spontaneous action of nonviolent civil disobedience of
,was believed to be the true beginning of the civil rights movement.
7. The strongest leadership of the civil rights movement came from
the
, the other being
and
.
8. In the summer of 1963, hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators
,marched to Washington, D.C., where
gave the famous
speech.
9. Contrary to King's nonviolent tactics,
spoke in favor of black separatism and against nonviolence in fighting
racial discrimination.
10. In 1964,
signed into law the Civil Rights Act passed by Congress to improve
the racial relations.
11. In 1965,
was elected new chairman of the SNCC, who spoke about
.
12. In June, 1966, the first black student to enter the University
of Mississippi began a "
"
to end the violence against black and white civil rights workers.
13. 1968 was known in U.S. history as a violent and tragic year
in which
and
were assassinated.
14. In October 1964,
began the struggle for "
" at UC Berkeley.
15. In the wake of the student radicalism at Berkeley and SDS appeared
a phenomenon that historians called the
, which rejected capitalism and other American principles.
16. In 1966, the
(NOW) was formed by the first two groups of the women's movement,
namely women
, and housewives.
