May 18, 1896 – In Plessy vs. Ferguson, Supreme Court upholds the doctrine of “separate but equal” education and public accommodations. May 19, 1925 – Malcolm X born Malcolm Little in Omaha, NE. May 20, 1961 – U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy dispatches U.S. Marshals to Montgomery, AL, to restore order in the “Freedom Rider” […]
