Part of an era
Events surrounding the 1966 NCAA championship game, from 1963-68:
1963 — More than 200,000 march on Washington, D.C., in the largest civil rights demonstration ever; Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.
1964 — President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which gives the federal government far-reaching powers to prosecute discrimination in employment, voting and education.
1965 — King organizes a protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for African-American voting rights. The nation watches on television as police club and tear gas protesters.
1966 — Bill Russell becomes the first black head coach in the NBA for the Boston Celtics.
1967 — Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black justice on the Supreme Court.
1968 — King is assassinated in Memphis.
Facts in 1966:
Blacks in the USA: 11% of the population.
Registered black voters: 60% of the eligible black population.
1963 — More than 200,000 march on Washington, D.C., in the largest civil rights demonstration ever; Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.
1964 — President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which gives the federal government far-reaching powers to prosecute discrimination in employment, voting and education.
1965 — King organizes a protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., for African-American voting rights. The nation watches on television as police club and tear gas protesters.
1966 — Bill Russell becomes the first black head coach in the NBA for the Boston Celtics.
1967 — Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black justice on the Supreme Court.
1968 — King is assassinated in Memphis.
Facts in 1966:
Blacks in the USA: 11% of the population. Registered black voters: 60% of the eligible black population.
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