King dates his Letter from Birmingham Jail

Uganda became independent, with Milton Obote heading the government. Independence ended British colonial authority over the country’s national political institutions. In the DTM framework, this is a...

Resolution 1761 requested diplomatic and economic measures against South Africa, including a boycott of its goods, and established a special committee to review apartheid. It strengthened...

The General Assembly adopted Resolution 1803 on permanent sovereignty over natural resources. It linked control of resources to national development and peoples’ well-being. For movements...

Local activists and SCLC began coordinated protests against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Sit-ins and economic pressure built on years of organizing by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human...

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...

Campaigners launched a boycott against the Bristol Omnibus Company’s refusal to employ Black and Asian bus crews. Caribbean community organizing and wider support challenged discrimination in...

School-age demonstrators entered the Birmingham campaign in large numbers and faced mass arrests. Their participation expanded the challenge to segregation and exposed the state’s treatment of young...

Independent African states established the OAU in Addis Ababa. Its charter promoted solidarity, sovereignty and the eradication of colonialism in Africa. The organization created a continental...

Malone and Hood registered after Governor George Wallace’s attempt to block their entry. Their determination, litigation and federal intervention challenged state enforcement of university...

NAACP organizer Medgar Evers was murdered outside his home in Jackson after returning from movement work. He had campaigned against segregation and barriers to Black political participation. His...