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Civil Rights Timeline

By GibbyTC

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    It happened in May 17, 1954. Oliver Bacon the father of Linda Brown. And a NAACP lawyer. It took place in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and D.C. it overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till
    It happened in August 28, 1955. He died at the age of 14. Carolyn Bryant was supposedly whistled at. And Roy Bryant and J.W Milan killed Emmett. Happened in Money Mississippi. It sparked the courts rights movement.

  • Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
    It happened in December 1, 1955. If you were colored you had to sit in the back. But Rosa parks didn’t want to move to the back. And so they called the police. And this sparked a bunch of protests.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    The conference happened between January 10-11, 1957. MLK and sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders preached about civil rights activism It happened in Atlanta Georgia. And it was the SCLC that held it.

  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    On September 4, 1957 NAACP had nine black students go to high school. It took place in Little Rock Arkansas. But it got so bad President Eisenhower sent soldiers to protect them so they could go to school safely.

  • Greensboro Sit ins

    Greensboro Sit ins
    On January 1, 1960 four college students sit in at a counter for food. It took place in Greensboro North Carolina. They could buy the items but not be served there food.

  • Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges
    On November 14, 1960 Ruby Bridges a six year old went to a school. And only one teacher from Boston would teach her Barbara Henry. Ruby would be escorted by four marshals. And white parents would take there kids out of class.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    On May 4, 1961 - December 10, 1961 students would be on buses and went all through the south. The CORE, SNCC, NAACP, and the Nashville student movement all did it.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    On August 28, 1963, it was peaceful and respectful protest. They were protesting for jobs and freedom and MLK gave his I have a dream speech. Around 250,000 people attended.

  • Civil Rights Act (1964)

    Civil Rights Act (1964)
    On July 12, 1964, the people involved were MLK and LBJ. It took place in Washington D.C. It enabled the federal government to present racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, and religion.