1963Birmingham Campaign: Civil Rights Demonstrations and Confrontation

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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
Birmingham Campaign: Civil Rights Demonstrations and Confrontation (1963)
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSegregationNonviolent ResistanceProtestsMartin Luther King Jr.Racial DiscriminationUnited States HistorySocial Justice
United StatesUnited 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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers 'I Have a Dream' Speech at March on Washington (1963)
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSocial JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.ActivismEquality
United StatesUnited States

🕊️ Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
Civil Rights MovementAssassinationAfrican AmericansEqualitySocial JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.Nonviolent ResistanceRacial Discrimination
United StatesUnited States

🏳️‍🌈 Stonewall Riots Spark Gay Rights Movement

June 28July 3: The Stonewall riots in New York City instigate the gay rights movement.
Stonewall Riots Spark Gay Rights Movement (1969)
LGBTQ+Social JusticeActivismCivil RightsNew York CityProtestSocial Movements
United StatesUnited States

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Million Man March Held in Washington, D.C.

October 16: The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Million Man March Held in Washington, D.C. (1995)
Civil RightsAfrican AmericansProtestSocial Justice
United StatesUnited States

👮🏾‍♂️ Freddie Gray's Death and Baltimore Unrest

April 25May 3: The death of an African-American man, Freddie Gray by police leads to violent unrest in Baltimore, Maryland.
Freddie Gray's Death and Baltimore Unrest (2015)
Civil RightsPolice BrutalityAfrican AmericansSocial JusticeProtestsRiotsRacial Inequality
United StatesUnited States