A civil rights activist named Floyd B. Mckissick led an organization called CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality which fought to end segregation.
A civil rights leader named Kelly Alexander helped lead and reorganize the Charlotte, NC branch of the NAACP the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Golden Aros Franks and Reginald Hawkins were other prominent leaders in NC they both led protests and demonstrations against segregation.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most well known and important leaders of the civil rights movement. Martin served as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership conference. his goal was to end discrimination and segregation through nonviolent direct action. He made speeches and led protests all over the South. He even worked with President John F. Kennedy. Without Martin the civil rights movement might never have achieved its goal of a more equal society. On April 4, 1968 Martin was shot and killed it was a sad day for America but the civil rights movement lived on without him.
A civil rights leader named Kelly Alexander helped lead and reorganize the Charlotte, NC branch of the NAACP the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Golden Aros Franks and Reginald Hawkins were other prominent leaders in NC they both led protests and demonstrations against segregation.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most well known and important leaders of the civil rights movement. Martin served as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership conference. his goal was to end discrimination and segregation through nonviolent direct action. He made speeches and led protests all over the South. He even worked with President John F. Kennedy. Without Martin the civil rights movement might never have achieved its goal of a more equal society. On April 4, 1968 Martin was shot and killed it was a sad day for America but the civil rights movement lived on without him.