The March on Washington links jobs and freedom

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...

Yolngu petitioners challenged decisions allowing bauxite mining on their land without adequate consultation. The first bark petition was tabled in the House of Representatives, with another...

After months of boycott and public pressure, the Bristol Omnibus Company announced that racial discrimination in employing bus crews would end. The victory demonstrated the force of community...

A bomb at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killed Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley. The church had served as a gathering place for civil rights organizing....

The General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It articulated international opposition to racial exclusion and superiority. This was a...

Kenya achieved independence after a prolonged anticolonial struggle and negotiations. Jomo Kenyatta headed the new government. Sovereignty ended British colonial government, while the distribution...

Ratification prohibited poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections. Such payments had helped exclude Black citizens and poor voters from political participation. The amendment addressed...