Civil rights timeline fr

By Skillegemma31

  • Emmett Till Murder

    Emmett Till Murder
    killed for accused of whistling at a white women.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    African americans arrived at central high school at a white school

  • Woolworths sit in

    Woolworths sit in
    4 African American college students sat down at a lunch counter and request was refused.

  • Freedom rider

    Freedom rider
    rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States.

  • Albany movement

    Albany movement
    Aimed to end all forms of racial segregation in the city.

  • Birmingham

    Birmingham
    1000 black Americans peacefully protested racial segregation.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    to advocate for civil rights and economic rights of African Americans.

  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination
    president was killed.

  • Malcom X assasination

    Malcom X assasination
    was shot inside harlems Audubon Balleron by 3 men of the nation Islam.

  • Selma march

    Selma march
    People gathered to march to ensure that African Americans could vote.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    Attacked hundreds of civil rights activists beginning a march from Selma.

  • Assasination of Martin L king JR

    Assasination of Martin L king JR
    MLK shot at hotel

  • Bus Boycott

    Bus Boycott
    Rosa Parks sat on the back of the bus.