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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. is named in 11 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1955 to 1968.

11 events From Dec 1, 1955 To Apr 11, 1968 Open in filter view →
Activity over time Events per year
1955 · 1 event1956 · 1 event1963 · 4 events1964 · 1 event1965 · 1 event1967 · 1 event1968 · 2 events19551968
DateEventLanesStatus
1968-04-11Fair Housing Act Passes After MLK Assassination Overcomes National Association of Real Estate Boards Decades of Opposition
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · National Association of Real Estate Boards · National Association of Realtors · +1
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1968-04-04Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis While Supporting Striking Sanitation Workers
Martin Luther King Jr. · James Earl Ray · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Memphis Police
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1967-08-25FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1
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1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Southern Democratic Senators · +1
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1964-11-21FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material
J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1
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1963-10-18Hoover Personally Briefs Johnson with King Sex-Surveillance Dossier, Weaponizing Personal Material Against Civil Rights Leader
J. Edgar Hoover · Lyndon B. Johnson · William C. Sullivan · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1
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1963-10-10Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.
J. Edgar Hoover · Robert F. Kennedy · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1
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1963-08-28March on Washington Draws 250,000 for Jobs and Freedom as MLK Delivers I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. · Bayard Rustin · A. Philip Randolph · John F. Kennedy · +1
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1963-05-03Bull Connor Orders Fire Hoses and Police Dogs Against Children in Birmingham Campaign
Bull Connor · Martin Luther King Jr. · James Bevel · Birmingham Police · +1
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1956-11-13Supreme Court Affirms Montgomery Bus Segregation Unconstitutional, Boycott Ends in Victory
Martin Luther King Jr. · Rosa Parks · E.D. Nixon · Jo Ann Robinson · +3
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1955-12-01Rosa Parks Arrested for Refusing to Give Up Bus Seat Sparking Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks · Martin Luther King Jr. · Montgomery Improvement Association · E.D. Nixon · +1
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