Silver Rights timesline

By collinB

  • Emmett Till is murdered

    Emmett Till is murdered
    14 year old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is murdered for suspectedly flirting with a white woman days prior.

  • Rosa Parks Arrest and Release

    Rosa Parks Arrest and Release
    Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Later was bailed out of jail by Edgar Daniel Nixon, only being in jail a few hours.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a touch over a year long battle, in Montgomery, Alabama, and ended on December 20th, one year after starting. The Boycott was a response to racial segregation on the city's buses.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
    The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed as a law by President Eisenhower. Securing protection for people's civil rights in the United States.