Voting-rights marchers reach Montgomery

The Gambia became independent after nationalist campaigning and constitutional negotiations, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister. The transfer ended British colonial political authority....

Malcolm X was murdered while preparing to address a public meeting in Manhattan. His work linked Black self-determination, cultural dignity and international human rights. His death removed a...

John Lewis and Hosea Williams led marchers out of Selma toward Montgomery. State troopers and local law-enforcement officers attacked them near the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The violence exposed the...

King led demonstrators, including religious supporters who had come to Selma, to the site of the police attack. They prayed and returned rather than continuing to Montgomery amid legal restrictions....

Demonstrators departed Selma under federal protection after earlier attempts had faced repression. Local residents and national supporters sustained a five-day march demanding voting rights. Federal...

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act after sustained organizing against racial disenfranchisement. It supplied federal tools to address discriminatory registration and election...

An arrest in Los Angeles sparked an uprising that continued for several days. The unrest occurred amid grievances over policing, employment and housing. Its varied participants did not form a single...

Filipino farmworkers organized through AWOC walked out against grape growers near Delano, California, demanding better pay and conditions. Their initiative challenged an agricultural labour system...

NFWA members voted to join the strike begun by Filipino workers. Cooperation across communities strengthened pressure on growers who benefited from a divided workforce. The action connected wages,...

Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act, replacing the national-origins quota system that privileged some national populations over others. The reform challenged a major institutional...