Chicago’s stadium on the lakefront has hosted a variety of people — football players and circus performers, politicians and civil rights movement ... these significant events at Soldier ...

“It propelled a movement that was able to make major civil rights gains,’’ said Melanie ... in a profound way,’’ he said. Dig deeper: Timeline: US leaders have pledged to eradicate ...

Here's a timeline of events as we know it ... 1960s: Pickett Chapel was a meeting place for Civil Rights activists with the Wilson County Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality under Pastor ...

But on July 2, 1964, in the midst of a civil rights movement that had been growing in voice and numbers ... notes that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 "shows what a major legislative change can ...

ATLANTA — Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s ... There will events throughout the weekend in Selma and Montgomery.

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S. (1964) upheld the public-accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, guaranteeing Negroes access to hotels, motels and restaurants. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ...