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Gettysburg Address & I Have a Dream
President Lincoln used the Declaration of Independence to prove his point that slavery went against the very fabric of America. He used the phrase during the Gettysburg Address: Four score…
The Death of Rosa Parks
Civil Rights pioneer, Rosa Parks born in Alabama February 4, 1913 dies at age 92. News stations from around the world reported that on October 25th 2005, the woman who…
16th Street Church Bombing
The story headlined in most major newspapers around the country on September 16th 1963 a Bomb had gone off at the 16thstreet Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church was…
Six Dead After Church Bombing
September 16, 1963 Birmingham, Sept. 15 — A bomb hurled from a passing car blasted a crowded Negro church today, killing four girls in their Sunday school classes and triggering…
Martin Luther King: 1968
In 1968, America was feeling the heat of civil unrest, much of which was a reaction to the civil rights movement. The idea of blacks being brought into racial…
Muhammad Ali: The Beginning
Muhammad Ali was born 1942 on January 17th in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. His parents were Odessa, a house wife and Cassius, Sr. who worked as a billboard…
Baxley Reopens Probe of Birmingham Bombing
"We know who did it," Alabama Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley said Wednesday as he confirmed that he has reopened the investigation of a church bombing that killed four young black…
Civil Rights: Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, served as the center of black industrial employment for nearly a century, and the major site of black labor struggles and civil rights protests. Nestled in the Jones…
Mohammad Clay: The Professional
Clay returned to Louisville to start a professional boxing career. On October 1960, He won a six round decision fight over Tunney Hunsaker. Hunsaker was police chief of Fayetteville West…
Rosa Parks: Overview
Rosa Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005), African American civil rights activist, who is often called the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Her arrest…
Muhammad Ali: Career
Ali’s professional debut as a heavyweight came in October 1960 with a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker. Ali won his next 18 fights, 15 by knockouts. On February 25, 1964,…
Muhammad Ali: Cultural Hero
Ali’s skills as a fighter included lightning-quick hands, a razor-sharp jab, agile footwork, and especially in the later part of his career, the ability to absorb punches from bigger and…
Muhammad Ali: Triumphs & Tribulations
Since Ali retired from the ring, much of the attention focused on him has centered on his physical condition. He suffers from Parkinson’s disease, a neurological disorder that causes tremors,…
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing September 15, 1963
On September 15 1963 at 10:22am, a bomb went off in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls. It was a seminal act of cowardice. And…
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, highly publicized campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. During the summer of 1964, thousands of activists in the Civil…
Civil Rights Timeline
Separate drinking fountains for whites and blacks. "Colored balconies" in movie theaters. Seats in the back of the bus. Soldiers called out to protect little children who were trying to…
March on Washington, 1963
March on Washington, 1963, massive public demonstration that articulated the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1963 March on Washington attracted an estimated 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration…
Bob Dylan: The Death of Emmett Till
"The Death of Emmett Till" is a song written by Bob Dylan about the murder of African American Emmett Till that occurred on August 28, 1955. One bootlegged performance, which…
