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* [[February 3]]: [[Autherine Lucy]] successfully enrolled as a graduate library science student at the [[University of Alabama]] | * [[February 3]]: [[Autherine Lucy]] successfully enrolled as a graduate library science student at the [[University of Alabama]] | ||
* [[February 6]]: Lucy was suspended from classes due to the University's inability to provide a safe learning environment. | * [[February 6]]: Lucy was suspended from classes due to the University's inability to provide a safe learning environment. | ||
* [[April 10]]: Kenneth Adams, E. L. Vinson & Willis Vinson assaulted singer Nat King Cole on stage during a performance at [[Municipal Auditorium]]. They were each sentenced to 180 days in jail. | |||
* [[March 12]]: 101 Southern congressmen entered the ''[[Southern Manifesto]]'' into the ''Congressional Record'', objecting to the implications of ''Brown v. Board of Education''. | * [[March 12]]: 101 Southern congressmen entered the ''[[Southern Manifesto]]'' into the ''Congressional Record'', objecting to the implications of ''Brown v. Board of Education''. | ||
* [[May 26]]: A Montgomery judge banned the [[NAACP]] from operating in Alabama. | |||
* [[June 5]]: The [[Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights]] was created at a mass meeting at [[Sardis Baptist Church]]. | * [[June 5]]: The [[Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights]] was created at a mass meeting at [[Sardis Baptist Church]]. | ||
* [[November 13]]: The United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in ''Browder v. Gayle'', prohibiting segregation of Montgomery city busses. | * [[November 13]]: The United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in ''Browder v. Gayle'', prohibiting segregation of Montgomery city busses. | ||
* [[December 25]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]]'s [[Fred Shuttlesworth residence|home]] was [[Bombingham|bombed]]. He emerged from the basement unscathed. | |||
* [[December 26]]: [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] led hundreds of Blacks onto Birmingham busses in defiance of local [[segregation laws|law]]. 22 are arrested and Shuttlesworth files a federal lawsuit against the police. | |||
* The FBI's [[COINTELPRO]] program began efforts to disrupt the Communist Party in the United States, eventually spreading to investigate and harass labor and civil rights organizations. | * The FBI's [[COINTELPRO]] program began efforts to disrupt the Communist Party in the United States, eventually spreading to investigate and harass labor and civil rights organizations. | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 17 November 2009
This is a Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, covering related events throughout the Birmingham District during the main thrust of the Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965:
1954
- May 17: The United States Supreme Court issues its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
1955
- June 29: The NAACP won a court order preventing the University of Alabama from barring the enrollment of Autherine Lucy and any other African-American applicants.
- October 10: The United States Supreme Court upheld the lower court's order in Lucy v. Adams
1956
- February 3: Autherine Lucy successfully enrolled as a graduate library science student at the University of Alabama
- February 6: Lucy was suspended from classes due to the University's inability to provide a safe learning environment.
- April 10: Kenneth Adams, E. L. Vinson & Willis Vinson assaulted singer Nat King Cole on stage during a performance at Municipal Auditorium. They were each sentenced to 180 days in jail.
- March 12: 101 Southern congressmen entered the Southern Manifesto into the Congressional Record, objecting to the implications of Brown v. Board of Education.
- May 26: A Montgomery judge banned the NAACP from operating in Alabama.
- June 5: The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was created at a mass meeting at Sardis Baptist Church.
- November 13: The United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Browder v. Gayle, prohibiting segregation of Montgomery city busses.
- December 25: Fred Shuttlesworth's home was bombed. He emerged from the basement unscathed.
- December 26: Fred Shuttlesworth led hundreds of Blacks onto Birmingham busses in defiance of local law. 22 are arrested and Shuttlesworth files a federal lawsuit against the police.
- The FBI's COINTELPRO program began efforts to disrupt the Communist Party in the United States, eventually spreading to investigate and harass labor and civil rights organizations.
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
- May 14: A Freedom Riders' bus pulled into the Birmingham Trailways Station and was met by a violent mob and no police protection.
- September 23: The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting segregation of interstate passengers, effective November 1.
1962
1963
- January 18: Governor George Wallace made his first inauguration speech, calling for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".
- Spring: Birmingham Campaign
- April 16: Martin Luther King, Jr completed his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
- May 2-4: Children's Crusade
- May 10: A truce was announced, ending the Birmingham Campaign.
- June 11: Governor Wallace made his "Stand in the schoolhouse door" before Vivian Malone and James Hood successfully enrolled at the University of Alabama.
- August 28: Martin Luther King, Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- September 15: 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed, killing four children.
1964
- July 2: President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- December 10: Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
1965
- March 7: The Selma to Montgomery March was stopped violently by police.
- August 6: President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.