Interesting Facts

• Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray. The Memphis hotel he was shot in is now the location of the National Civil Rights Museum.
• Civil rights workers used different direct, nonviolent methods to confront discrimination and racism in teh late 1950s and early 1960s. Boycotts, sit-ins and freedom rides were all common and  promoted because they diffused teh voilence.
• Some people even conducted workshops on non-violent methods of refusal such as James Lawson. Many of these people based their ideas off of Ghandi's own.
• It wasn't until 1961 that black students were allowed to enroll in college. The University of Georgia was the first to allow black students within their school, and both Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes graduated in 1963, despite much protest.
• One of the most important documents was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It banned discrimination in employment and in public places. 
• Despite all the efforts there was still segragation of custom and practice, rather than by law, throughout most of America.