Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.1:
Students will examine the role and impact of individuals such as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X in the movement and their perspectives on change.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.2:
Students will examine the role of groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Student Non‐Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the movement, their goals and strategies, and major contributions.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.3:
Students will examine judicial actions and legislative achievements during the movement such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964) and Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Content Specification - SS.11.10.a.4:
Students will analyze the significance of key events in the movement including the Montgomery bus boycott, federal intervention at Little Rock, Arkansas, the Birmingham protest, and the March on Washington.