đź“… 21 December 1956
Black residents resumed bus travel after the boycott ended the previous day following receipt of the desegregation mandate. Sustained community organization, alternative transport and litigation had...
đź“… 12 April 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested while participating in Birmingham demonstrations despite a court injunction. The arrest placed the conflict between court-enforced restrictions and nonviolent...
đź“… 8 April 1968
Coretta Scott King and other family members marched with thousands in Memphis, honouring King and supporting sanitation workers. The demonstration sustained the workers’ demands after his...
đź“… 12 Mei 1968
Coretta Scott King led women in a Washington march that opened the campaign’s major public demonstrations. The coalition brought people from different racial and regional backgrounds together around...