Do Now: Complete the Civil Rights chronology activity (handout). Focus Question: What were the long-term effects of the Montgomery bus boycott? Do Now: Complete the Civil Rights chronology activity (handout).
The main long-term effect of the bus boycott was that it inspired other acts of non-violent civil disobedience to end segregation.
Lunch counter sit-ins aim to desegregate restaurants. Lunch Counter sit-ins in Greensboro, NC (1960) Lunch counter sit-ins aim to desegregate restaurants. Protesters suffered violence but by the end of the year segregation ended in many restaurants.
Freedom Rides throughout the South (1961) Blacks and whites rode buses from North to South, breaking segregation rules. Violence against riders took place - the police did nothing, and more people (many who saw the news reports on TV) in the U.S. began to support civil rights.
Protest marches in Birmingham, Alabama (1963) Violence against peaceful demonstrators shocked the nation.
MLK jailed for “marching without a permit.” Under pressure, Birmingham eventually desegregated public facilities.
The March on Washington (1963) Over 200,000 people gathered in Washington to pressure the federal government to pass new civil rights legislation.