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The Interracial Council for Business Opportunity (ICBO) is founded in New York City to encourage economic cooperation and advancement among African Americans and other minorities.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott helps to galvanize the Civil Rights Movement and inspires more organized and coordinated efforts to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is founded in Atlanta, Georgia, with Martin Luther King Jr. as its first president. The organization is dedicated to nonviolent resistance to promote social change.
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded to coordinate student-led activism in the Civil Rights Movement.
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The March on Washington organized by a coalition of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, including the SCLC, SNCC, and the ICBO takes place where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the event
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The Civil Rights Act is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.