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The Civil Rights Congress was formed from the merger of the International Labor Defense, the National Negro Congress, and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties.
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American professional baseball player and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Eleven African Americans go to an all white's public school in Delaware.
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In Montgomery, Alabama, while on a bus, Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up to a white person which triggered a successful year-long boycott.
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A black man named Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.
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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes Freedom Rides throughout the South to de-segregate interstate public bus travel.
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Malcolm X becomes national minister of the nation of Islam.
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Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
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Over 200,000 people march on Washington, D.C., in the biggest civil rights demonstration ever.
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
