USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1963, King and the SCLC worked with NAACP and other civil rights groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which attracted 250, 000 people to rally for the civil and economic rights of Black Americans in the nation’s capital. There, King delivered his majestic 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Albany Movement began in fall 1961 and ended in summer 1962. It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1, 000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding rural counties.

Detailed explanation-3: -In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life. The movement captured national attention one month later when local leaders invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to join the protest.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the expulsion of whites, SNCC’s annual income dropped sharply. Local direct-action grassroots projects were scaled back. By 1970, SNCC had lost all of its 130 or so employees and most of its branches. Finally, in December 1973, SNCC ceased to exist as an organization.