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April 4 – Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. April 4–8 and one in May 1968 – Riots break out in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Louisville, Kansas City, and more than 100 U.S. cities in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. April 11 – Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism .
M.L.K. Reflection Park was rededicated 56 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in Memphis. Special care is taken to keep the park pristine.
March on Washington August 28, 1963 – Civil Rights Movement Archive; March on Washington, WDAS History; The 1963 March on Washington – slideshow by Life magazine; Original Program for the March on Washington Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine; Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at the March Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was a pillar of the civil rights movement. She played a central role in King's work, having given up her dream of being a singer to support her husband and ...
OPINION: Part two of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights. The post Black History/White Lies: The ...