1960 (Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement)

The year 1960 was a turning point in the civil rights movement as young Black men and women became peaceful warriors for change. In February, four Black college students, known as the Greensboro Four, were refused service at a lunch counter in North Carolina. Their sit-in inspired similar protests across the country, demonstrating the ideals of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance. In November, as the year drew to a close, the nation¿s eyes were on Ruby Bridges, a Black first grader who bravely integrated the William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Desegregation would create a crisis of law and order throughout the South as the decade continued.

The years from 1955 to 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement¿from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Voting Rights Act. The contributions of key activists, including Rosa Parks, Dr