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| 1963 | Farmer, James |  |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 1963 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Washington At the time, it the largest gathering of protesters in Washington's history, King's "I Have a Dream" speech electrified the crowd |
| Birmingham Begins the campaign for black civil right |
| Washington Delivers "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington attended by 200,000 protesters, creates powerful image, builds momentum for civil rights legislation |
| Washington Demands include an end to racial segregation in public school; meaningful civil rights legislation, including a law prohibiting racial discrimination in employment; protection of civil rights workers from police brutality & a $2 minimum wage |
| Washington King, representing the SCLC, is among the leaders of the so-called "Big Six" civil rights organizations who are instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom |
| Washington More than a quarter million people of diverse ethnicities attend the event, sprawling from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial onto the National Mall and around the reflecting pool |
| Washington The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 28th Aug Washington 250,000 civil rights supporters join the "March on Washington" |
| 1963 | Lewis, John | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 1963 | Randolph, Philip | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 1963 | Stevenson, Adlai E | |
| 24th Oct Dallas USAAmbassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson is jeered, jostled, struck by a protest sign, and spat upon during a visit to Dallas |
| 1963 | Wilkins, Roy | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 1963 | Young, Whitney | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| 1965 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Aug President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations |
| 16th Oct Anti-war rallies occur in 40 USAcities and in international cities including London & Rome |
| 1965 | King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery King and SCLC join voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery; police beat and tear gas marchers; King addresses rally before state capitol, builds support for voting rights |
| 7th Mar King is not present, after meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson, he attempts to delay the march until March 8, but the march was carried out against his wishes and without his presence by local civil rights workers |
| 7th Mar King, the SCLC & SNCC organize a march from Selma to Montgomery, the first attempt to march is aborted because of mob and police violence against the demonstrations ends in Bloody Sunday |
| 25th Mar Montgomery On the steps of the state capitol building, King delivers a speech that has become known as "How Long, Not Long" |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| 1965 | Ricks, Willie | |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| 1966 | King, Martin Luther | |
| The SCLC forms a coalition with CCCO, Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, an organization founded by Albert Raby, the combined organizations' efforts are fostered under the aegis of The Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM) |
| 1967 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 15th April San Francisco Over 100,000 in New York & over 50,000 in San Francis co demonstrate against the War |
| 1967 | King, Martin Luther | |
| 15th Aug Washington Calls for a campaign of civil disobedience to meet black demands |
| 1969 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 15th Oct Washington Faces massive anti war demonstrations in Washington |
| 15th Oct The Vietnam Moratorium Committee lead a march of 250,000 in Washington DC |
| 15th Nov Moratorium demonstration of 500,000 in Washington DC |
| 16th Nov Washington Faces anti-war demonstrations following the revelation of the Mylai massacre |
| 1970 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May Kent State University antiwar protests turn violent when the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building is torched &, Governor of Ohio, James Rhodes , dispatches the National Guard to Kent State |
| 1st May President Nixon calls anti-war students "bums blowing up campuses" |
| 4th May 100,000 protesters surround government buildings including the White House and historical monuments, Nixon exits the White House to visit to the Lincoln Memorial and chats with young protesters |
| 4th May Kentate University At Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nine & in response to the killings, over 400 colleges and universities across America shut down |
| 4th May Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State University in Ohio |
| 4th May Kentate University Nixon announces a USAand South Vietnamese "Incursion" into Cambodia, triggering a protests across campuses in the USA culminating on 4 May with the death of 4 students at Kent State University |
| 9th May Nixon visits the Lincoln Memorial demonstration |
| 1971 | Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 23rd April Washington Vietnam veterans return medals & military decorations in anti war protests on Capitol |
| 24th April Washington 200,000 people attend an anti war demonstrations in Washington DC |
| 3rd May Washington Anti war protest in Washington DC |
| 2003 | Bush, George Walker | |
| 15th Feb Anti-war protests are held, the largest of their kind since the Vietnam War took place with 6-10 million people in over 60 countries around the world |
