You cannot consider the 1960s as a decade of progress without thinking of the Black Civil Rights movement, which stands as a paramount aspect of the sixties.

You will find attached the worksheet corresponding to examples of events & actions undertaken to act in the 1950s (Linda Brown decision, Montgomery Bus Boycott and Little Rock Crisis) and 1960s (sit-in campaigns and freedom rides). Moreover you can also download below a vocabulary toolbox with useful words to describe sit-ins and another document explaining the two main laws/legislations signed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson, namely the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 
 

The scene from the famous film The Butler perfectly illustrates the sit-in campaigns, which were genuine forms of protest against racial segregation.