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Malcolm X becomes a minister of the Nation of Islam.
Over the next several years his influence increases until he is one of the two most powerful members of the Black Muslims (the other was its leader, Elijah Muhammad). A black nationalist and separatist movement, the Nation of Islam contends that only blacks can resolve the problems of blacks. -
Education of Topeka, Kans. declares
Education of Topeka, Kans. declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional. -
Education of Topeka, Kans. declares.
Education of Topeka, Kans. declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
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"I Have a Dream" Speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
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Coins the phrase "Black Power" in a speech in Seattle
Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle.
