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On January 13th, 1948, an African-American girl named Carolyn Maull is born in Clanton, Alabama.
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On May 17th, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court bans segregation in all schools in the U.S.
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On August 28th, 1955, 14 year old African-American boy Emmet Till is kidnapped and brutally murdered after flirting with a white cashier.
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African-American women Rosa Parks refuses to give up here seat on the white section of the bus and get's arrested because of it.
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Organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the Montgomery Bus Boycott is a movement to desegregate public buses all over America.
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On November 13th, 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court affirms ban segregated seating on buses.
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On December 25th, 1956, civil rights activist Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth's house is bombed in Birmingham by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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On September 2nd, 1957, Edward Aaron is kidnapped in Birmingham by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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On September 24th, 1957, Little Rock Nine,a group of African-American high school students enter the all white Central High School under protection of the 101st Airborne Division.
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In 1961, Freedom Rides start in Washington D.C. and start moving into southern states. (The date is assumed)
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On January 20th, 1961, President-elect John F. Kennedy is elected as president of The United States of America.
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On January 14th, 1963, governor George C. Wallace takes the oath of office.
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On April 12th, 1963, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is locked up in a Birmingham prison after visiting Birmingham.
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On May 2nd-3rd, Dr. King led thousands of children down the streets of downtown Birmingham as a non-violent protest.
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On June 11th, 1963, Alabama governor George C. Wallace stands in the doorway of a university to prevent two African-American students from enrolling.
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On June 12th, 1963, Klan members kill Mississippi Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers.
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On August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the march on Washington with hundreds of thousands of people in attendance.
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On September 15th, 1963, Klan members Robert Chambliss, Charles Cagle, and John W. Hall planted a bomb in 16th Street Baptist Church, it exploded and killed four little girls.
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On September 15th, 1963, the same day as the Birmingham Church Bombing, Virgil Ware is killed by white youth and Johnny Robinson is killed by a white police man.
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On September 30th, 1963, police arrested the bombers and the bombers were set free after paying a $100 fine.
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On November 22nd, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas.
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On July 2nd, 1964, president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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On October 14th, 1964, Dr. King is awarded the nobel peace prize for his nonviolence.
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On February 21st, 1965, Malcolm X is assassinated.
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On March 25th, 1965, Dr. King leads thousands of crusaders along a 54 mile pilgrimage from Selma to Montgomery.
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On August 6th, 1965, President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act to outlaw voting tests in the South.
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On October 2nd, 1967, Thurgood Marshall become the first black Supreme Court justice.
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In February, 1968, the FBI closes it's Birmingham Church Bombing case.
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On April 3rd, 1968, Dr. King delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
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On April 4th, 1968, Dr. King is assassinated on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis by a Klan member.
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On June 5th, 9168, Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated
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Sometime in 1971, Alabama Attorney reopens the Birmingham Church Bombing case.
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On November 18th, 1977 bomber Robert Chambliss is sentenced to life in prison for murder.
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On October 29th, 1985, Robert Chambliss dies in prison.
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Sometime in 1988, Alabama Attorney reopens the Birmingham Church Bombing case again.
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In 1989, Colin Powell become the first black to serve as chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff.
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In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first black governor.
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Birmingham black leaders meet with the FBI to secretly re open the Birmingham Church Bombing case.
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On February 7th, 1994, bomber Herman Frank Cash dies.
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On October 27th, 1998, Federal Grand Jury in Alabama begins hearing evidence of the bombing.
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On April 15th, 2001, bomber Thomas Blanton goes to trial.
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On May 6th, 2002, Carolyn testifies in court in Bobby Cherry's trial.
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On May 22nd, 2002, Bobby Cherry is charged with 4 accounts of 1st degree murder.
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On November 18th, 2004, Bobby Cherry died in prison from cancer.
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In the Spring of 2007, Carolyn and Dr. Neal raise $4 million dollars in a fundraiser for the 16th Street Baptist Church.
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In November of 2008, Barack Obama is elected president of the United States of America.
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On September 15th, 2013, the 16th Street Baptist Church commemorated the 50th anniversary of the bombing.