◄ PREVIOUS

NEXT ►

APRIL 4: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ASSASSINATED*

 While in Memphis, Tennessee to support striking sanitation workers, King is shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine motel by James Earl Ray. Numerous riots break out across the country in the following days.

APRIL 7: NEWARK WALK FOR UNDERSTANDING*

Following the riots of 1967, leaders bring together blacks and whites in an effort to help revive long neglected areas of Newark. The peaceful walk becomes a tribute to Martin Luther King.

APRIL 9-10: TRENTON RIOTS*

Riots erupt in Trenton and throughout the country following the assassination of Martin Luther King. The upscale shopping district of Trenton is left in shambles. The same is repeated in large cities across the U.S.

APRIL 11: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 SIGNED*

President Johnson signs the act that follows up the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination in housing and protection for civil rights workers.

APRIL 23-24: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROTESTS*

Students at Columbia University in New York, occupy campus buildings in protest of the United States' involvement in Vietnam and concern over the construction of a segregated gym to be built in a local park. 

APRIL 25: GREAT SWAMP NAMED A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

The Great Swamp, located mostly in Morris County, NJ, becomes the first area designated as a national wilderness area.

*  PHOTOS USED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

County College of Morris opened its doors in September of 1968. Join us in celebrating 40 years of connecting learning and life. Read about THE EVENTS that shaped the times, remember THE CULTURE, and join the founding CCM students, staff, and faculty as they share with us THE MEMORIES of those early days.

THE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER AT THE COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS - 214 CENTER GROVE ROAD - RANDOLPH - NEW JERSEY - 07869