Cambridge movement (civil rights)

Cambridge movement
Cambridge movement
Part of the Civil Rights Movement
Date	December 1961 – 1964
Location	Pine Street Neighborhood, Cambridge, Maryland, and U.S. Route 40 in Maryland
Caused by	Racial segregation in public accommodations and schools; Creation of Route 40 campaign, Eastern Shore project, and Freedom Highways campaign;
Resulted in	Maryland Public Accommodations Law (1964); Catalyst for passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964;
Parties
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC); Civic Interest Group (CIG); Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); Nonviolent Action Group (NAG); Northern Student Movement (NSM); Black Action Federation (BAF); Cambridge Guerrillas;	City of Cambridge; Dorchester Business & Citizens' Association (DBCA); Committee on Interracial Understanding (CIU);
Lead figures
	CNAC members Gloria Richardson; Enez S. Grubb; Sally Garrison; CIG member Clarence Logan; SNCC members Reggie Robinson; Bill Hansen; H. Rap Brown; Mayor of Cambridge Calvin Mawbray;

The Cambridge movement was an American social movement in Dorchester County, Maryland, led by Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. Protests continued from late 1961 to the summer of 1964. The movement led to the desegregation of all schools, recreational areas, and hospitals in Maryland and the longest period of martial law within the United States since 1877. Many cite it as the birth of the Black Power movement.