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Pearsall Plan
Thomas Persall is a prominent Rocky Mount farmer and business man and former North Carolina speaker of the House, as chairman. The leaders of the Pearsall Plan is Governer William B. Umstead and Luther H. Hodges. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The bus boycott demonstrated the potential for nonviolent mass protest to successfully challenge racial segregation and served as an example for other southern campaigns that followed. -
Little Rock Nine
The nine students are unanimous in proclaming the true heros of crisis at Central High School. -
Greeensboro sit-in
The Greensboro Four entered a woolworth's general merchandise store that had a dining table.The method is nonviolent and the leader is Eula Hudges. The result is the first sit-in was meticolously planned and executed. -
King Assassination
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. -
Wilmington Riots
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. On Sunday April 7 in Wilmington, church leaders held a memorial and prayer service in Rodney Square.
