AUGUST 18TH
James Meredith whose 1962 entry into the previously segregated University of Mississippi sparked a student riot, graduates. Meredith later earned a law degree from Columbia University and ran as a Republican against Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. Eventually he moved back to Mississippi.
AUGUST 28TH
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. highlights the March on Washington with his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, DC, before a crowd of about 250,000 people. The march pressured Congress to pass a civil rights bill granting equal opportunity and an end to segregation and discrimination.
SEPTEMBER 15TH
The Ku Klux Klan bombs the 16th Street Baptist Church, a black congregation in Birmingham, Alabama, and a meeting place for civil rights leaders at the time. The blast kills four young girls, all under the age of 15. The church remains open today.
So, It Appears There Was a Whole Lot Going On in the Area of Civil Rights Back Fifty Years Ago. --DaCoot
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