Freedom Summer*
There was a campaign known as the Mississippi Summer Projects, or the Freedom Summer Project. This was aimed to dramatically increase voter registration in Mississippi and to expand black voting rights. The Freedom Summer, comprised of black Mississippians and more than 1,000 out-of-state, and white volunteers, faced constant abuse and harassment from Mississippi's white population. The Ku Klux Klan, police and other authorities done violent attacks; including beatings, false arrest and the murder of some civil rights activists. It was successful enough to establish 50 freedom schools but was only able to hold around 1200 African American students. This projects began to fade away along with the civil rights movement.
The Letter from Birmingham Jail
It is a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. from the Birmingham jail explaining what it is like inside and why he is there. He tell of how the reason he is there is because he is black and was accused wrongly and unjustly.
The Southern Manifesto*
This was a letter signed by 101 politicians from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. This letter was sent to Congress to counter the ruling for the Brown Vs. Board of Education. Its main purpose is to go against racial integration in public areas. When brought into congress, it was signed by 19 Senators and 82 members of the House of Representatives, including the congressional delegations of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia. This manifesto helped the civil rights movement on its way by putting a big impact on segregation.
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment had the soul purpose to give free and equal rights to all African Americans and slaves who were freed after the civil war. This also granted citizen ship and legal rights to all African Americans.
Executive Order 11246
On September 24, 1965k, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, having no discrimination in the workplace and requiring contractors to take strong action. This was prohibiting employment discrimination in four ways: race, color, religion, and national origin.