Civil Rights Movement Timeline 1948-1968
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MLK assassination 4/4
He shot outside of his motel room in Memphis.
This insited multiple act of race violence.Brown v Board of Education
A court case that outlawed school segregation.
The case was based on when Oliver brown was denied entrance to a school.
This overturned Plessy v Ferguson.Executive Order 9981
An order in which segregation was abolished.
This took segregation out of many things like school, the army, etxGreensboro sit-in
Multiple nonviolent protests for resturants.
They protested segregated lunches.SCLC founded 1/10
Civil rights organizations participated in non-violent endeavors.
Founded by MLK, who was the person representing civil rights.
Civil Rights Act (57) 9/9
A civil rights act signed by Eisenhower.
Failed to be comprehensive and add anything to civil rights.
Little Rock 9 9/23
9 black high school students were integrated.
Riots proceeded their attendance by segregationists.
Representation of Brown V BoardWatts riots
Riots in the Watts neighborhood.
They wanted and end to discriminationMarch On Washington
A huge protest at the capital held by all the major civil right orgs
They wanted a comprehensive Civil rights bill.Ole miss
Attempted integration at the University of Mississippi.
Segrationist at Ole miss attempted to stop them.Black panthers
It's a self-defense party for blacks
Labeled as a terrorist organizationFreedom Rides
It was a Protest against segregation.
In which they rode buses into segregated states,Emmet Till
He was Murdered in cold blood by two white men.
The trial was full of a jury who were white men.
This made the fight for civil rights stronger.Voting Rights Act
This act prohibited limiting voting based on race.
This solidified the death of segregation at the federal level.Alabama U integration
Two black students were enrolled at said university.
The governor stood in front of the door, preventing them from going in.
This is a result of Brown v Board of Education and its repercussions.march on selma
Many marches from selma to Montgomery.
Taken into consideration for voting rights actMarch on birmingham
Protest against segregation held in Birmingham by the sclc
This would give us the letter from Birmingham jailMontgomery Bus Boycott
A protest was held by the SCLC as a protest against segregation.
Proved that black people had the power to change segregation.
Famously, Rosa Parks was arrestedCivil Rights Act of 64
A true comprehensive act for civil rights.
Outlawed discrimination based on many things, including discrimination.
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