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Court case ruled 9-0 was made to establish integrated schools for white and black children.
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After flirting with a married white woman in Mississippi, he was murdered. After having an eye gouged out and beaten, he was shot in the back of the head.
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On this day, Rosa Parks boarded a bus going home from her work and refused to sit on the back of the bus for being black, starting a revolution.
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Dr. King invited about 60 black ministers and leaders to Ebenezer Church in Atlanta to organize this group, that brought sooner the
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Nine black students faced 1000 white protestors, and had a 1200 man battle group escort the kids in as violence arose.
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A series of non-violent protests which led to the department store Woolworth to reverse their policy of racial segregation.
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The Freedom Writers were a group of civil rights activits who rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States to protest against the non-enforcement decicions of the Supreme Court.
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Writer, American civil rights movement figure and a polictial adviser, who was the first black student allowed in the segregated University of MIssissippi.
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Stated that both Congress and the states had no control in who voted on federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. Proposed on August 27th, but not ratified until January 23rd of the next year.
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After Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest, he wrote a letter after being arrested for his part in a non-aggressive protest against racial segregation.
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Organized by the Southern Christan Leadership Confrence, they were trying to to call attention to the unequal treatment that blacks went through. They were non-violent, but the police didn't appreciate thier protests and arrested them. But when that didn't work, the black people were sprayed with the fire hose.
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One of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history. Civil and econimic rights for black citizens.
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While preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom, a man in the 400 person crowd yelled "Nigger! Get your hand outta my pocket!" As security responded, a man ran up and popped him in the chest with a double barrel sawed off shotgun.
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A near 600 strong protest group marched across Edmund Pettus Bridge where they met a wall of police and were attacked with nightsticks and tear gas after they tried to come to terms with the state troopers.
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This is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States. It outlawed discriminating voting practices. Which was responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of Blacks in the U.S.
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A bunch of riots over a span of six days. Resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and approximatly $40 million in property damage.
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Black revolutionary socialist organization. Achieved national and international notoriety for its involvement in the Black Power movement.
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Provided national housing for people regaurdless of race, creed, or national origin. Signed during the King riots after his death. Also commonely known as the Fair Housing Act.
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A series of president nominating conventions held every four years.
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Shot on his balcony in Memphis, Tenneessee at 6:01 p.m. by James Earl Ray.
