Year of record

1955

7 verified events recorded in 1955.

7 events From Jan 1, 1955 To Dec 5, 1955 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1955-12-05AFL-CIO Merger Consolidates Labor Movement, But Cements Conservative Leadership 3 src
Walter Reuther · American Federation of Labor · Congress of Industrial Organizations · AFL-CIO
confirmed
1955-12-01Rosa Parks Arrested for Refusing to Give Up Bus Seat Sparking Montgomery Bus Boycott 3 src
Martin Luther King Jr.
confirmed
1955-10-01CIA Operation Midnight Climax Begins Dosing Unwitting Americans with LSD in San Francisco Safe House 3 src
Sidney Gottlieb · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed
1955-08-28Emmett Till Murdered in Mississippi After Accusation from White Woman 3 srcconfirmed
1955-05-31Brown II Orders Desegregation with "All Deliberate Speed," Enabling Decade of Resistance 3 src
Earl Warren · U.S. Supreme Court · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · Thurgood Marshall
 confirmed
1955-05-01Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group: CIA Officers Operate Under Academic Cover in Saigon 3 src
Michigan State University · CIA
 confirmed
1955-01-01National Right to Work Committee Founded to Coordinate Anti-Union Corporate Lobbying 3 src
National Right to Work Committee · Corporate funders
 confirmed