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xxii Chronology of Events 1961 May 4 Freedom Rides begin in Washington, D.C. May 14 Freedom riders are attacked outside Anniston and in Birmingham, Alabama July Robert Moses establishes voter education drive in McComb, Mississippi August Robert Williams fl ees Monroe, North Carolina goes into exile in Cuba December SNCC initiates campaign in Albany, Georgia joined by Martin Luther King, Jr. 1962 September 30– Riots erupt at University of Mississippi, aimed at pre- venting James Meredith from enrolling at Ole Miss 1963 April–May SCLC organizes protest in Birmingham, Alabama March–June Protests sweep across the South, from St. Augustine, Florida, to Cambridge, Maryland June 11 Governor George Wallace attempts to block desegre- gation of University of Alabama June 11 Medgar Evers is assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi June 11 President John F. Kennedy delivers major address on civil rights August 28 Between 200,000 and 250,000 participate in March on Washington King delivers “I Have a Dream Speech” September 15 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala- bama, is bombed four girls are killed November 22 President John F. Kennedy is assassinated 1964 February 3 Massive school boycott is organized in New York City to protest segregated and unequal education March 12 Malcolm X leaves Nation of Islam, subsequently estab- lishes Organization of Afro-American unity October 1