1956-05-09: Circuit Court Judge rules segregation laws constitutional
Circuit Court Judge Jones rules that Montgomery and Alabama segregation laws are constitutional and orders Montgomery City Lines to abandon its new policy of not enforcing segregation.    MORE >>

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of racial justice.
— King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Freedom Rally in Cobo Hall
Detroit, Mich.
23 June 1963