Topic: Alabama

Mar 25,

1931

Scottsboro Case Begins: Nine Young African-Americans Arrested in Alabama

Oct 22,

1955

Future Civil Rights Hero Frank M. Johnson Appointed District Court Judge in Alabama

Dec 1,

1955

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat to a White Person– Inspires Historic Montgomery Bus Boycott

Jun 13,

1956

Court Orders Montgomery, Alabama, Buses Desegregated

Jun 30,

1958

Supreme Court Establishes Right of Freedom of Association

Mar 29,

1960

The Ad That Produced a Landmark First Amendment Case

May 14,

1961

Jim Peck, Freedom Rider, Assaulted in Alabama

May 20,

1961

President Kennedy Fails to Support Freedom Ride

Jan 14,

1963

Governor George Wallace: “Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever”

Apr 3,

1963

“B” Day – Rev. Martin Luther King Launches Birmingham Demonstrations

Apr 12,

1963

Martin Luther King Arrested in Birmingham Demonstration: Writes Famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

May 2,

1963

“D” Day in Birmingham – Martin Luther King Mobilizes Children for Demonstrations

May 3,

1963

Fire Hoses and Police Dogs Attack Birmingham Civil Right Demonstrators

May 10,

1963

“Bombingham:” Racists Bomb Birmingham Motel

Jun 11,

1963

George Wallace “Stands in the Schoolhouse Door” to Block Integration; Then Steps Aside

Sep 10,

1963

Alabama Fights School Integration – JFK Mobilizes National Guard

Sep 15,

1963

“Bombingham” – Birmingham Church Bomb Kills Four African American Girls

Sep 16,

1963

“A Time to Speak:” Chuck Morgan, White Birmingham Resident, Denounces Racist Bombing

Mar 7,

1965

“Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama: John Lewis, Other Marchers Beaten and Tear Gassed

Mar 16,

1965

LBJ Sends Federal Troops to Guard Selma Voting Rights March

Mar 21,

1965

Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March Begins Again

Jun 4,

1985

Alabama “Moment of Silence” Law Unconstitutional

Jul 31,

2001

Ten Commandments Installed in Alabama Court House

May 29,

2007

Supreme Court Denies Lily Ledbetter Remedy for Unequal Pay

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