1965 ⟶ Assassination of Malcolm X
February 21: Assassination of Malcolm X.
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✊ Birmingham Campaign: Civil Rights Demonstrations and Confrontation
March–April: Birmingham campaign, a key event in the 1954-1968 Civil rights movement⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSegregationNonviolent ResistanceProtestsMartin Luther King Jr.Racial DiscriminationUnited States HistorySocial Justice
United States🎤 Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers 'I Have a Dream' Speech at March on Washington
August 28: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSocial JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.ActivismEquality
United States🕊️ Assassination of Malcolm X
Civil Rights MovementAfrican American HistoryAssassinationPolitical ViolenceSocial Justice
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🕊️ Assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
AssassinationCivil Rights MovementPresidential ElectionPolitical ViolenceSocial Upheaval
United States🚗 Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Rally and Violence
August 11 – 12: Charlottesville, Virginia becomes the site of a far-right rally protesting the removal of Confederate statues throughout the US. During the event, a white supremacist rams his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, injuring 19 and killing one.⟶
RacismPolitical ProtestCivil RightsPolitical ViolenceSocial Justice
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