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Bus Boycott Activists of The Civil Rights Movement
It was on December 1st 1955 that a woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to follow bus driver James Blake’s demands regarding giving up her seat to a…
Council of Federated Organizations
Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, umbrella organization composed of various civil rights groups working independently in Mississippi. In February 1962, fearing that the divisiveness among various civil rights organizations…
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress of Racial Equality or CORE, American civil rights organization that pioneered the strategy of nonviolent direct action, especially the tactics of sit-ins, jail-ins, and Freedom Rides. The Congress of…
Deacons for Defense and Justice
Deacons for Defense and Justice, a black organization established to protect civil rights workers against the Ku Klux Klan. The Deacons for Defense and Justice, a group of African American…
Highlander Folk School
Highlander Folk School (Highlander Research and Education Center), interracial adult education center in Mounteagle, Tennessee, where some of the most important figures of the Civil Rights Movement studied. In 1932…
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, an important American lobbying organization for civil rights legislation in the last half of the 20th century. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) was…
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, primarily African American political organization formed to protest racial exclusion by the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party at the Democratic National Convention in 1964. At an April…
Montgomery Improvement Association
Montgomery Improvement Association, group formed by African American leaders in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 to organize and sponsor the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1955, following the arrest of Rosa Parks…
NAACP: A Historic Review
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP, an interracial membership organization, founded in 1909, that is devoted to civil rights and racial justice. The National Association for…
Tuskegee Civic Association
Tuskegee Civic Association, African American group dedicated to civil rights, voter education, and community welfare in Alabama. Formed in 1941, the Tuskegee Civic Association grew out of a group of…
