March from Selma to Montgomery(March 7, 1965) Marchers, protesting Jimmie Lee Jackson?s death, were violently attacked by police. This and similar marches shifted public opinion to favor protestors who appeared heavily persecuted. Freedom Rides(first freedom ride May 4, 1961)Civil rights activists protested segregated buses by riding buses nonsegregatedly into racist Southern cities. This helped the black power movement and brought more widespread protest. Birmingham, Al Malcolm X Long Hot Summers 24th Amendment Brown vs. Board of Education Greensboro Sit in Second Emancipation Proclamation Voting Rights Act Kerner Comission Little Rock 9 Desegregation of the Armed Forces Montgomery Bus Boycott March on Washington EO 8802 Civil Rights Act Black Panthers