Events
Brown v Board of Education May 17, 1954White Citizens Council July 11, 1954Rosa Parks Arrested Dec. 1, 1955Lynching of Emmett Till Aug. 28, 1955Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec. 5, 1955 - Dec. 20, 1956Eisenhower sends in Federal Troops Sep. 24, 1957Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Dec. 25, 1956Martin Luther King House Bombing Sep. 30, 1956SNCC Formed Feb. 1, 1960Assassination of MLK April 4, 1968Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner June 21, 1964Assassination of Medgar Evers June 12, 1963Civil Rights Act of 1964 July 2, 1964Equal Pay Act June 10, 1963Loving v Virginia June 12, 196724th Amendment Jan. 23, 1964Assassination of Malcolm X Feb. 21, 1965Assassination of Robert “Bobby” Kennedy June 5, 1968Bailey v Patterson Feb. 26, 1962Assassination of John F. Kennedy Nov. 22, 1963Voting Rights Act of 1965 Aug. 6, 1965Greensboro sit ins Feb. 1, 1960 - July 25, 1960SCLC Tounded Jan 10, 1957Freedom Rides May 4, 1961 - Dec. 10, 1961March on Washington “I have a Dream” August 28, 1963.Black Panthers Formed Oct. 15, 1966Minneapolis riots July 19 - July 21, 1967White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery May 20, 1961MLK goes to a Birmingham jail April 16, 1963Freedom Summer June - August 1964Selma to Montgomery March Mar. 7 - Mar. 21, 1965Detroit riots July 23 - July 28, 1967Kennedy sends in Federal Troops May 13, 1963Bombing of a church in Birmingham Sep. 15, 1963Brown v Board of Education II May 31, 1955
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