Topic: Protest Marches

Jul 11,

1905

Niagara Movement, Forerunner of NAACP, Founded

Mar 3,

1913

Suffragists March to Greet President Wilson

Mar 3,

1915

Protests Greet “Birth of a Nation” Opening in New York City

Jan 10,

1917

Alice Paul Begins Picketing White House Again for Women’s Suffrage

Jul 28,

1917

NAACP Leads Silent March Down Fifth Avenue to Protest Racist Violence

Apr 18,

1918

Dyer Anti-lynching Bill Introduced in House

Dec 16,

1919

Plan for “March in Manacles” to Protest WW I Political Prisoners

Jan 15,

1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. is Born

Feb 26,

1930

Communists, Police Clash on Wall Street

May 7,

1930

NAACP “Comes of Age:” Helps Senate Reject Supreme Court Nominee

Nov 27,

1933

California Governor Praises Lynch Mob – ACLU, NAACP Protest

Jan 14,

1941

A. Philip Randolph Calls For a March on Washington

Jul 1,

1941

March on Washington Cancelled After FDR Issues EEO Order

Feb 12,

1946

Isaac Woodard, African-American Veteran, Beaten, Blinded in South Carolina; Incident Provokes National Outrage

Jun 29,

1947

Truman First President to Address NAACP

Sep 29,

1956

Virginia Passes Five Repressive Anti-NAACP Laws

May 17,

1957

“Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom:” 1957 Civil Rights March on Washington

Jun 23,

1958

Eisenhower Meets with Four Civil Rights Leaders in the White House – Nothing Results

Oct 25,

1958

Youth March for Integrated Schools in D.C. Draws More Than 10,000

Apr 18,

1959

Third Youth March for Integrated Schools

Jan 24,

1960

A. Philip Randolph Calls for Mass Movement; Sit-Ins Begin a Week Later

Apr 15,

1960

SNCC Founded by Sit-In Leaders

Feb 24,

1963

A. Philip Randolph Announces Plan for “Pilgrimage” to Washington

Apr 3,

1963

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

Jun 22,

1963

President Kennedy Tries, Fails to Get Civil Rights Leaders to Cancel March on Washington

Aug 28,

1963

“I Have a Dream”: King Delivers Historic Speech at March on Washington

Aug 28,

1963

John Lewis’ Speech at March on Washington Censored

Jan 4,

1965

Free Speech Movement Hold First “Legal” Rally

Jan 15,

1965

LBJ Calls Martin Luther King – Plan Voting Rights Strategy

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 6,

1966

“March Against Fear” in Mississippi Begins; James Meredith Shot and Wounded

Jan 15,

1968

“Sisterhood is Powerful”: Women’s March for Equality Led by 87-year old Jeannette Rankin

Nov 2,

1969

First Gay Pride March Proposed

Oct 14,

1979

National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Aug 26,

1988

Candidate George H.W. Bush Attacks Dukakis as “Card-Carrying” ACLU Member

Jul 26,

1990

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Signed Into Law

Feb 2,

1991

Pentagon Bans Media Coverage of Military Casualties Returning to U.S.

Dec 24,

1992

President G. H. W. Bush Pardons Six Reagan Administration Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal

Jan 24,

1993

Civil Rights Giant Thurgood Marshall Dies

Apr 25,

1993

Huge Gay Rights March in Washington, D.C.

Dec 6,

1995

First-Ever White House Conference on HIV and AIDS

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