Timeline of key events in the American civil rights movement
December 5, 1995
Montgomery Bus Boycott
August, 1995
Murder of Emmet Till
June, 1964
Murder of three Civil RIghts workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi
July 2, 1964
President Johnson signs the Cibvil Rights Act
July 9, 1965
Prsident Johnson and Congress pass the Voting Rights Act
December 1, 1995
Rosa Parks incident
March 7, 1965
Selma, Alabams sometimes referred to as "BLoody Sunday" as peaceful protestors were marching from Selma, Alabama to capitol in Montgomery to protest unfair voting rights they were attacked by various law enforcement officers. This was nationally broadcast across the cuontry and drew outrage from the citizens of all ethnicities.
May, 1963
Birmingham, Alabama (police attack demonstrators including children with dogs and fire hoses)
September 15, 1963
Birmingham- bombing of the the 16th street church (4 young girls are killed)
January, 1964
Congres outlaws Poll Taxes
August 28, 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King "I have a Dream speech"
May, 1961
Freedom Riders
September 24, 1957
Little Rock Nine (Integration of Little Rock Central H.S)
Februaury, 1960
Lunch Counter Sit-ins
