Martin Luther King was assinated by James Earl Ray on April 4th, 1968
During the women's suffrage movement, the president of the United States was Woodrow Wilson.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is an example of a slain civil rights leader. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Medgar Evers is another example.
JFK put pressure on the federal government organizations to make a true effort to employ more African Americans. It was during JFKâ??s term as president that the Civil Rights Bill entered Congress.
Not in America
President Diem was assassinated during a military coup in 1963, the same year that President Kennedy was assassinated. The South Vietnamese government went through a string of leaderships, pending the arrival of President Thieu in 1964.
Technically Abraham Lincoln was not assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement. Yes, he did try to stop slavery, but the Civil Rights Movement was through the 1950's into the 1960's. John F. Kennedy is the president assassinated while in a Convertable during a motorcade by Lee Harvy Oswald.
The president during the Civil Rights Movement was John F Kennedy :)
John F. Kennedy (JFK) was an American president during the Civil Rights Movement. He was supporting the black people and passing laws to free them and then he was assassinated.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 at Memphis Tennessee. He was a driving force during the Civil Rights Movement.
He was President of the United States, and promoted civil rights.
Garfield
John F. Kennedy
Jackson was assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln
During the civil war the vice president was Andrew Johnson. Then after President Lincoln was assassinated Johnson became president.
I believe William McKinley was president during the Populist Movement.
After President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded him. Johnson faced numerous challenges during his presidency, including the Vietnam War and civil rights movement, but he also achieved significant domestic reform with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Great Society programs. Overall, Johnson's presidency was marked by both accomplishments and controversies.