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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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