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Rumford Fair Housing Act
The Rumford Fair Housing Act is signed into law in California. Forbidding landlords and property owners from outcasting against potential homeowners or renters based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, marital status, or physical handicap. -
Washington March
250,000 demonstrators all race gather at the nation's capital for jobs and freedom. It became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States. -
Klan Bombs Birmingham Church
The Ku Klux Klan bombs Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It killed 4 girls attending Sunday school. Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is charged for the crime in the year 2001. Took 38 years after the murder. -
Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. -
Johnson Calls National Guard
President Johnson commands the Governor of Alabama to have the state's National Guards protect Selma marchers.Wallace says no claiming the state is unable to pay to do so. -
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
Martin Luther King returns to Memphis to speak what was his final speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop."