1960s and Public Protests

By MaryahGunnels
  • MLK Jr.

    MLK Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. moves from Montgomery to Atlanta to have more time with the SCLC and the freedom struggle.
  • JFK x MLK

    JFK x MLK

    Martin Luther meets with presidential candidate John F. Kennedy.
  • Minimum Wage Hike

    Minimum Wage Hike

    JFK signs legislation increasing minimum wage from $1/hr to $1.25/hr, this is to take place by September 1963.
  • Assault

    Assault

    A member of the American Nazi Party assaults Martin Luther King in Alabama.
  • Tax Cuts

    Tax Cuts

    President John Kennedy speaks of a plan for recovery in the economy that stresses large tax cuts for businesses. These proposals become part of the Tax Reduction Act law in 1964.
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination

    The president is assassinated in Dallas, Texas and the VP is sworn in the same day.
  • Whites Only

    Whites Only

    MLK is arrested and put in jail for demanding service at a whites only restaurant.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    Voting rights marchers are beaten in Selma, Alabama as they try to march to Montgomery.
  • Vietnam War Protests

    Vietnam War Protests

    People march at the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War.
  • MLK Assassination

    MLK Assassination

    Martin Luther is shot in the head while standing on the balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.