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The Supreme Court reverses Plessy by stating that "separate schools are by nature unequal". Schools are to desegregate "with all deliberate speed".
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Rosa Parks ignites 381-day bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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King and SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) oppose local laws that support segregation. Riots, fire-bombing, and police are used against protestors
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Black voter registration increases and candidates begin to turn away from white supremacy views in attempt to attract black voters
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Congress passes law to stop racial hatred in many areas of life, including hotels, voting, employment, and schools
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King leads 54-mile march to support black voter registration marchers reach Montgomery. Pres. Johnson addresses nation in support of marchers.
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After passage, southern black voter registration grows by over 50% and black officials are elected to various positions. In Mississippi, black voter registration grew from 7% to 67%
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In first of more than 100 riots, Los Angeles black suburb erupts in riots, burning, looting, and 34 deaths
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Rejecting integration and nonviolence, Malcolm splits off from Elijah Muhammad's Black Muslims and is killed by black opponents
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While supporting sanitation workers' strike which had been marred by violence in Memphis, King is shot by James Earl Ray. Riots result in 125 cities
