Civil Rights
The Little Rock Nine Enter High School Under Federal Protection
After being initially denied entrance to their school, the Little Rock Nine were escorted in by federal troops on September 25, 1957.
Thurgood Marshall Appointed Supreme Court Justice
On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became America’s first African American Supreme Court Justice.
March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
As African Americans struggled against segregation and mistreatment, Civil Rights leaders organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
Birth of America’s 36th President
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) was born on August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, Texas, and was the oldest of five children.
First Women’s Rights Convention in the US
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott heralded the start of the women’s rights movement on July 19, 1848, when they hosted the first convention on the rights of women in the U.S.