Topic: Civil Rights Organizations

Feb 12,

1909

NAACP Founded – Civil Rights Crusade Begins

Apr 7,

1911

Free Speech League Incorporated, First Free Speech Organization in U.S.

Nov 11,

1915

Pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Founded

Jul 4,

1917

“Jails Are Waiting For Them” – New York Times Greets Civil Liberties Bureau

Dec 15,

1918

American Jewish Congress Holds First Conference

Jan 19,

1920

ACLU Founded – Fight For Civil Liberties Begins

Dec 8,

1927

National Conference of Christians and Jews Holds First Meeting

Nov 27,

1933

California Governor Praises Lynch Mob – ACLU, NAACP Protest

Feb 20,

1937

National Lawyers Guild, Alternative to ABA, is Organized

Feb 2,

1939

Attorney General Frank Murphy Creates DOJ Civil Liberties Unit

Mar 9,

1942

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Founded

May 8,

1943

CORE Leads Early Sit-in in Chicago

Apr 27,

1946

Civil Rights Congress Formed

Jan 8,

1950

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Organized

Apr 11,

1953

Mattachine Society Draws 500 to Gay Rights Convention in LA

Oct 24,

1956

J. Edgar Hoover Warns Eisenhower of Communist Infiltration of Civil Rights Movement

Sep 7,

1957

First New York Meeting of the Daughters of Bilitis, First Lesbian Group in America

Apr 15,

1960

SNCC Founded by Sit-In Leaders

Apr 6,

1961

Highlander Center, Labor, Civil Rights Advocate, Loses License Revocation Case

Apr 26,

1964

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Founded

Aug 25,

1964

FBI Spies on Civil Rights Groups at Democrats’ Convention — Under Orders from President Johnson

Apr 27,

1965

SCOPE Voter Registration Drive Launched

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