DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
To commemorate the January 18, 2021 celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Intercultural Affairs at Western Carolina University has created this informative and interactive timeline of events leading up to and during Dr. King's work.Timeline
Emmett Till
photo of Emmett Till
Rosa Parks
Photo of Rosa Parks on a bus
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A photo of two people on a bus.
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Photo of a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Little Rock Nine
Photo of Thelma Mothershed, Minnijean Brown, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Gloria Ray, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, and Melba Pattillo
Greensboro Sit-ins
A photo of the Greensboro Four.
Freedom Riders
A photo of three African Americans sitting on a bus.
Ole Miss Integration
Photo of James Meredith sitting at a desk.
MLK Dream Speech
A photo of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his speech.
Bombing of Birmingham
Photo of stained glass from the church.
NYC School Boycott
Photo of a woman putting up a sign saying “Stay out for better schools”.
Freedom Summer
Photo of a building with a cross that says “freedom”.
NYC Race Riots
Photo of a boy standing next to a police officer.
MLK Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King Jr. giving a speech
Bloody Sunday
Photo of a police officer looking at marchers.
Watts Riots
cover of the Los Angeles Times newspaper August 1965
Memphis Sanitation Strike
Photo of an African American man holding a sign saying “I am a man”.
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Department of Intercultural Affairs
Western Carolina University
227 AK Hinds University Center
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828-227-2276
ica@wcu.edu
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