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Orlando, Florida, hires its first black police officers.
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The home of NAACP activists Harry and Harriette Moore in Mims, Florida, is bombed by KKK group; both die of injuries.
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The Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL) is founded in Cleveland, Mississippi by T.R.M. Howard, Amzie Moore, Aaron Henry, and other civil rights activists
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Eleven black students attend the first day of school at Claymont High School, Delaware, becoming the first black students in the 17 segregated states to integrate a white public school. The day occurs without incident or notice by the community.
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Executive Order 10479 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower establishes the anti-discrimination Committee on Government Contracts.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States are entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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In Montgomery, Alabama, 23 black children are prevented from attending all-white elementary schools, defying the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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University of Oklahoma decides to allow black students.
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Georgia Senate votes to declare the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution null and void in that state.
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Willie O'Ree breaks the color barrier in the National Hockey League, in his first game playing for the Boston Bruins.
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Thirteen blacks arrested for sitting in front of bus in Birmingham.
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Alabama passes laws to limit black voter registration
