Year of record

1956

8 verified events recorded in 1956.

8 events From Jan 1, 1956 To Nov 13, 1956 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1956-11-13Supreme Court Affirms Montgomery Bus Segregation Unconstitutional, Boycott Ends in Victory 3 src
Martin Luther King Jr. · U.S. Supreme Court · NAACP Legal Defense Fund
confirmed
1956-09-21Virginia Enacts Massive Resistance Laws Authorizing School Closures to Prevent Integration 3 srcconfirmed
1956-08-28FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent 6 src
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA
 confirmed
1956-06-29Federal-Aid Highway Act Creates Interstate System, Enables Destruction of Black Urban Neighborhoods 3 src
Dwight D. Eisenhower · U.S. Congress · General Motors · American Petroleum Institute
 confirmed
1956-03-29Mississippi Creates State Sovereignty Commission for Civil Rights Surveillance and Segregationist Funding 3 src
White Citizens' Councils
confirmed
1956-03-12Southern Manifesto Signed by 101 Congressmen Pledging Resistance to School Integration 6 src
Strom Thurmond
confirmed
1956-02-06University of Alabama Expels Autherine Lucy After White Mob Violence, First Black Student Barred 3 src
NAACP Legal Defense Fund · Thurgood Marshall · Ku Klux Klan
confirmed
1956-01-01White Citizens Councils Reach Peak Membership of 300,000 Through Business Elite Coordination 3 src
White Citizens' Councils
confirmed