1964
Cleveland Board of Education
Protests /
Civil Rights Act / Public School
boycott /
Mississippi Summer Project /
24th Amendment / MLK wins Nobel Prize
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Protests against the Cleveland Board of Education break out when new construction of three schools will perpetuate segregation; Rev. Bruce Klunder is killed when backed over by bulldozer at one construction site.
President
Lyndon Johnson pressures Congress for the Civil Rights Act; banning discrimination
based on race, sex, national origin, or religion in public accommodations,
education and employment.
Eyes
on the Prize- "The Civil Rights Act of 1964"
President
Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
African
American students in Cleveland boycott public schools to protest poor
facilities; Protests against Cleveland school segregation at the Cleveland
Board of Education are cleared by police.
School
Board Sit In
Mississippi
Summer Project is organized by the Council of Federated Organizations
(SNCC, CORE, SCLC, NAACP) to increase voter registration.
Passage of 24th Amendment outlaws the poll tax.
Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace
Prize.
Passage of 24th Amendment outlaws the poll tax.
Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace
Prize.