Monroeville

By AM0025

  • The Founding of Monroeville AL

    Monroe County was founded in 1815 on lands ceded by local Native American tribes.
  • Harper Lee

    Harper Lee

    Harper Lee grew up in Monroeville in 1930
  • President Harry Truman established the President’s Committee on Civil Rights.

    President Harry Truman established the President’s Committee on Civil Rights.

  • The President’s Committee on Civil Rights released To Secure These Rights, a report that condemned segregation, called for the integration of American society, and made numerous recommendations for the protection of civil rights.

    The President’s Committee on Civil Rights released To Secure These Rights, a report that condemned segregation, called for the integration of American society, and made numerous recommendations for the protection of civil rights.

  • n Shelly v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court reinforced the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of “equal protection of the laws" when it ruled that state courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.

    n Shelly v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court reinforced the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of “equal protection of the laws" when it ruled that state courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.

  • he US Armed Forces were desegregated by President Truman’s Executive Order 9981,

    he US Armed Forces were desegregated by President Truman’s Executive Order 9981,

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president of the United States

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president of the United States

  • Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man and was arrested.

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man and was arrested.

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    The Montgomery bus boycott began on December 6, 1955,

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the US Commission on Civil Rights to investigate voter restrictions.

  • In a close election, Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected for president.

    In a close election, Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected for president.

  • President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas

    President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas

  • President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the act banned discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin.

  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited voting test requirements for African Americans and allowed for federal election supervision in places where African Americans had been prevented from voting.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Alabama Legislature

    In 1997 the Alabama Legislature designated Monroeville and Monroe County the "Literary Capital of Alabama."