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Civil War ended
American Civil War ends -
Christmas Eve Bombing
The Christmas Eve bombing of the home of National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) activists Harry and Harriette Moorein in Florida. -
Murder of Willie Edwards
The murder of Willie Edwards, Jr. Klansmen forced Edwards to jump to his death from a bridge into the Alabama River. -
First Black person to enrol into University
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops. -
Bombing of 16th street church
The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four African-American girls. The perpetrators were Klan members Robert Chambliss, convicted in 1977, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, convicted in 2001 and 2002. The fourth suspect, Herman Cash, died before he was indicted. -
Assassination of NAACP Organiser
The assassination of NAACP organiser Medgar Evers in Mississippi. In 1994, former Ku Klux Klansman Byron De La Beckwith was convicted. -
Murders of civil rights workers
The 1964 murders of three civil rights workers, Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner, in Mississippi. -
Two black teenagers murdered
The murder of two black teenagers, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore in Mississippi. In August 2007, based on the confession of Klansman Charles Marcus Edwards, James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was convicted. Seale was a former Mississippi policeman and sheriff's deputy. -
Murder of Viola Liuzzo
The murder of Viola Liuzzo. She was a Southern-raised Detroit mother of five who was visiting the state in order to attend a civil rights march. At the time of her murder Liuzzo was transporting Civil Rights Marchers. -
Death of NAACP Leader
The firebombing death of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr., 58, in Mississippi. In 1998 former Ku Klux Klan wizard Sam Bowers was convicted of his murder and sentenced to life.