Daily Facts about civil rights

2023

World Freedom Day is observed to promote and celebrate freedom and democracy around the world.

2023

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated in the United States to honor the civil rights leader's legacy.

2023

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is observed. He was a prominent leader in the American civil rights movement.

1983

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law, officially establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

1956

The United States Supreme Court rules in favor of Rosa Parks, leading to the end of segregation on Montgomery buses in Alabama.

1955

Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, refuses to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, igniting the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1954

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African American general in the United States Air Force.