History ❯ Civil Rights Movement

Key Events

March on Washington Montgomery Bus Boycott MLK March History NAACP Legislative Changes Desegregation Ruby Bridges' Integration Activism 1960s Activism Juneteenth Highlander Center Emmett Till Presidential Campaigns Selma March 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Martin Luther King Jr.

Clarence B. Jones Dies at 95, Longtime Lawyer and Speechwriter to Martin Luther King Jr.

His death removes a direct, living link to key legal fights and speeches of the 1960s and leaves memorial plans and a film release pending.

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty in Highlander Center Arson and Bid to Aid Hezbollah

Doug Jones Kicks Off Alabama Governor Campaign, Presses Lottery and Medicaid Expansion

Schools Nationwide Mark 65 Years Since Ruby Bridges’ Walk With Student-Led Commemorations

Thousands Honor LDS President Russell M. Nelson at Salt Lake City Funeral

WorldPride Ends in Washington With Rally Against Trump’s LGBTQ+ Policies