A bomb exploded before the Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alambama. 4 young girls were killed and so many more were injured.
The March on Washington was organized by civil rights and religious groups. It was designed to give attention to the political and social struggles African Americans continued to face.
Medgar Evers was a African American civil rights leader.
In Jackson, Mississippi, in the driveway outside his home, Medgar Evers was shot to death by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supermacist. The letter of Birminhham Jai's nonviolent campaignl began. It was followed by sit-ins and marches against racial segregation. |