Malcolm Little arrested and prison time
Malcolm X advocated both the establishment of a separate black community rather than integration, and the use of violence in self defense rather than non-violence. he threatened the beliefs of the white community and was jailed for it.
James Meredith and integration of Ole Miss
In September 1962, an African-American man named James Meredith tried to enroll to the University of Mississippi. Many people got angry and riots broke out ending with two people dead and hundreds injured all because of one man trying to go to college.
Kerner Commission
In August 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Kerner Commission which was named after Illinois governor Otto Kerner. In March 1968, the commission submitted a 426-page report that became a best seller with over 2 million copies sold. It resembles people of the liberal elites back then such as mayor of New York John Lindsay, Roy Wilkins, and Oklahoma senator Fred Harris.
Nation of Islam (NOI) is founded
The Nation of Islam's goals were to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of the African Americans in the U.S and all around the world too. There was not an exact number found of the members in NOI, but it ranged from 20,000-50,000.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in an effort to force a large resolution to the problem of illegal discrimination in housing based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion. This act has become a central feature of modern civil rights requirement, enabling persons in the protected classes to own a place to live.