FIRST MARCH FROM SELMA, CIVIL RIGHTS MILESTONE Mar 3, 2025 On, March 7, 1965, about 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery. They were demonstrating for …
Timeline of notable events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Metro Creative Jan 18, 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a strong proponent of change, and his impact was felt from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. Here…
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: LEADER OF CIVIL RIGHTS Jan 12, 2025 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 20th-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta.
ROSA PARKS ARREST: A MAJOR EVENT IN CIVIL RIGHTS CAUSE Nov 27, 2024 On the evening of Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to reli…
+2 MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS, FREEDOM Aug 26, 2024 On Aug. 28, 1963, 100 years after the signing of The Emancipation Proclamation, approximately 200,000 to 250,000 people arrived in Washington,…
Civil Rights Act's victories at risk, say leaders on 60th anniversary By Bianca Flowers, Kat Stafford and Allende Miglietta Reuters Jul 2, 2024 Courtland Cox was 22 when he stood alongside civil rights icons Bayard Rustin and John Lewis at the March on Washington in 1963, joined by tho…
