Timeline Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement

Timeline: Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement Brown v. BOE of Topeka, KS 1954 Montgomery Bus Boycott Murder of Emmett Till 1955 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is founded Little Rock Nine 1956 1957 1958

Timeline: Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement Malcolm X Assassination of Medgar Evers ***** Becomes Birmingham Protests National ***** Minister of March on Washington, D. C. the Nation ***** of Islam Bombing of 16 th Street Baptist Sit-In Movement Freedom James Meredith Begins Rides Organized Enrolls at the Univ. of MS 1959 1960 1961 1962 Church 1963

Timeline: Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement Freedom Summer ********** Civil Rights Act Passed ********** Dr. King awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Malcolm X Assassinated ********** Selma-Montgomery March ********** Voting Rights Act Passed ********** Watts Riots 1964 1965

Timeline: Major Events in the Civil Rights Movement Black Panther Party is Founded ***** James Meredith’s March Against Fear Thurgood Marshall is Appointed to the Supreme Court 1966 1967 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is Assassinated ******* Shirley Chisholm is Elected to Congress 1968

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