History ❯ Civil Rights Movement

Key Events

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

Illinois Establishes July 25 as Emmett Till Day

The law seeks to encourage annual local events that teach about racial violence, civil-rights history.

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

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