1964 (June-Dec)

1966  

1965

Selma Voting Rights Campaign & March to Montgomery (Jan-Mar)
     Jimmy Lee Jackson Murdered
     Bloody Sunday, Selma
     Student March, Montgomery
     Rev. James Reeb Murdered
     Selma-Montgomery March
     Murder of Viola Luizzo Malcolm X Murdered in NY (Feb)
Lowndes County Freedom Organization Founded (Mar)
Oneal Moore Murdered (June)
SCOPE Summer Project (June-Aug)
Southern Courier Founded (July)
Freedom Information Service Founded (July)
Americus GA Protests (July)
Voting Rights Act (Aug)
Watts Rebellion (Aug)
Assasination of Jonathan Daniels (Aug)
Attempted Assasination of George Metcalfe (Aug)
Assembly of Un-Represented People DC (Aug)
Crawfordville, GA, School Bus Struggle (Oct)
Confrontations in Natchez, MS (Oct)
Poor-People's Corporation Founded

 

Selma Voting Rights Campaign & March to Montgomery (Jan-Mar)

Selma Photos
March to Montgomery Photos
See The Selma Injunction for background and previous events.
See also Selma & the March to Montgomery for a discussion of the Selma events by Freedom Movement veterans.

19 Days in March — Chronology (links are to Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement's "Selma & March to Montgomery" discussion)

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For more information:
Books: Selma Voting Rights Campaign & March to Montgomery
Web links:
     Selma Voting Rights Campaign & March to Montgomery
     Martyrs of the Movement
Personal stories from the Selma Voting Rights Campaign:
     Charles Bonner & Betty Fikes
     Bruce Hartford
     Eric Lerner
     Gwen Patton Insurgent Memories
     Wazir Peacock
     Ruby Sales
     Jean Wiley

 

Malcolm X Murdered in NY (Feb)

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For more information:
Web: Malcolm X

 

Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) Founded (Mar)

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Photos

For more information:
Web: Lowndes County Freedom Organization
Personal stories from Lowndes County:
     Jimmy Rogers
     Ruby Sales

 

Oneal Moore Murdered (June)

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For more information:
Web: Martyrs of the Movement

 

SCOPE Summer Project (June-Aug)

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For more information:
Books: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Web links:
     SCOPE Summer Project
     Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Personal stories from the SCOPE project:
     Maria Gitin Letter From Movement Boot Camp
     Bruce Hartford

 

Southern Courier Founded (July 65-Dec 68)

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For more information:
Articles:
     Reporters and Reformers Robert Norrell, Master's thesis, University of Virginia, 1978.
     "Reporters and Reformers: Story of Southern Courier," South Atlantic Quarterly, (Winter 1980)
Web:
     Southern Courier
     Sample Issues of the Southern Courier

 

Freedom Information Service Founded (July)

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Americus GA Protests (July)

See Integrating Americus High School for preceding events.

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For more information:
Books: Georgia Movement — Atlanta — Albany
Web: Albany, Americus, & SW Georgia Movements.

 

Voting Rights Act (Aug)

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For more information:
Books: Civil Rights Legislation
Web: Voting Rights Act — 1965

 

Watts Rebellion (Aug)

(Description of affect on Southern Freedom Movement to be written.)

 

Assasination of Jonathan Daniels (Aug)

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For more information:
Book: Outside Agitator: Jon Daniels and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.
Web links:
     Assasination of Jonathan Daniels for web links.
     Martyrs of the Movement
Personal memory: Ruby Sales

 

Attempted Assasination of George Metcalfe (Aug)

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Assembly of Un-Represented People (Aug)

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Crawfordville, GA, School Bus Struggle (Oct)

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Confrontations in Natchez(Oct)

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Poor-People's Corporation Founded

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