April 30, 1963: Bristol Bus Boycott
The Bristol Bus Boycott began in England, inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Period: 1961
People’s Movement: 1961 – 1974
April 29, 1962: Paulings Protest Nuclear Testing
Nobel Prize-winner Linus Pauling and Ava Helen Pauling joined a march in front of the White House to protest the resumption of U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing.
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April 23, 1963: White Civil Rights Activist Murdered on Racial Justice Walk in Alabama
William Lewis Moore, a white postal worker from Baltimore, was murdered on the road in Alabama during a one-person march for racial justice.
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The Untold History of the United States: Young Readers Editions, Vols 1 (1898-1945) & 2 (1945-1962)
Book -- Non-fiction. By Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. Adapted by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and Eric S. Singer. Vol 1. 400 pages. 2014. Vol 2. 320 pages. 2019.
These are two volumes of illustrated histories, adapted for students from a documentary book and film of the same name.
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April 11, 1968: Fair Housing Act Signed Into Law
The 1968 Fair Housing Act, was signed into law after years of struggle and grassroots organizing.
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April 6, 1968: Bobby Hutton Killed by Oakland Police
Little Bobby Hutton (age 17) of the Black Panther Party (BPP) was shot dead by the Oakland police.
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April 1, 1965: Blackwell v. Issaquena Board of Education
The civil rights suit of Blackwell v. Issaquena Board of Education was filed on behalf of 300 African-American students from several schools across Issaquena County in Mississippi who had been suspended for wearing and distributing “freedom” buttons.
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March 22, 1969: DC 9 Protest Dow Chemical Production of Napalm
Nine protesters smashed glass, hurled files out a fourth floor window, and poured blood on files and furniture at the Dow Chemical offices in Washington, D.C.
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March 8, 1971: FBI’s COINTELPRO Exposed
A cab driver, a day care provider, and two professors broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole more than 1,000 classified documents.
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March 14, 1970: S.S. Columbia Eagle Mutiny
Two U.S. merchant seamen mutinied against the captain and crew aboard the S.S. Columbia Eagle, as it crossed the Pacific during the Vietnam War.
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March 7, 1965: Bloody Sunday
To protest the police murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson and for voting rights, more than 600 people began a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery.
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Feb. 24, 1969: Tinker vs. Des Moines Case Wins Free Speech Rights for Students
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Tinker v. Des Moines that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
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Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
Book – Fiction. By Alice Faye Duncan. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. 2018. 40 pages.
A historical fiction picture book that presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike.
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Feb. 27, 1973: Activists Occupy Wounded Knee
About 250 Sioux Indians, led by members of the American Indian Movement, converged on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, launching the famous 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee.
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Feb. 6, 1961: “Jail, No Bail” in Rock Hill, South Carolina Sit-Ins
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
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Feb. 3, 1964: New York City School Children Boycott School
More than 450,000 New York City school children boycotted school as part of a protest for quality schools for Black and Latino students.
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Feb. 21, 1965: Malcolm X Assassinated
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) was assassinated, just weeks after speaking in Selma.
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What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should
Teaching Activity. By Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian. 33 pages. Rethinking Schools.
A mixer role play that introduces students to the pivotal and largely untold history of the Black Panthers.
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Jan. 25, 1972: Shirley Chisholm Began Historic Campaign for President
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, opened her historic campaign for President.
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Jan. 23, 1963: Patricia Stephens Due Arrested in Florida
Patricia Stephens Due was arrested in the segregated lobby of the Florida Theater in Tallahassee.
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Jan. 19, 1966: Georgia State House Refused to Seat Julian Bond
The Georgia State House of Representatives refused to seat elected state representative Julian Bond due to his public statements against the Vietnam War.
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Jan. 18, 1968: Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth at the White House
When asked at a White House luncheon about "juvenile delinquency," Eartha Kitt responded by talking about the root causes of rebellion, including the Vietnam War and the draft.
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‘What We Want, What We Believe’: Teaching with the Black Panthers’ Ten Point Program
Teaching Activity. By Wayne Au. 7 pages. Rethinking Schools.
How students can use the Black Panther Party's Ten Point Program to assess issues in their own communities and to develop Ten Point Programs of their own. Available in Spanish.
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Jan. 17, 1961: Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was Executed
Prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was executed with the assistance of the governments of Belgium and the U.S.
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Jan. 9, 1967: Julian Bond Sworn in Georgia House of Representatives
Julian Bond was finally sworn in as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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