Key Events of the Civil Rigts Movement
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Updated: 14 Sep 2021
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July 26, 1948: Executive Order 9981May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of EducationAugust 28, 1955: Emmett Till's MurderDecember 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat.January 10-11, 1957: Coordination of nonviolent protestsSeptember 4, 1957: The “Little Rock Nine” are blocked from integrating into Little Rock Central High SchoolSeptember 9, 1957: Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957February 1, 1960: Four African American college students refuse to leave lunch counter without being servedNovember 14, 1960: Ruby Bridges becomes the first student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.1961: Black and white activists, known as freedom riders, took bus trips through the American SouthJune 11, 1963: Governor George C. Wallace stands in a doorway at the University of Alabama to block two Black students from registering.September 15, 1963: A bomb kills four young girls and injures several other peopleAugust 28, 1963: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.July 2, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.February 21, 1965: Black religious leader Malcolm X is assassinatedMarch 7, 1965: Bloody Sunday.August 6, 1965: President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965.April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated.
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