Civil Rights Period Timeline

By ethan.pickett

  • End of WWII

    WWII ended with Allies as the victors.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Rosa Parks Incident

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

  • Brown V. Board of Edu.

    The Board of education ended segregation within schools.

  • Sputnik Launched

    Soviet Union launched a Sputnik, a satelite ship.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black teenagers were blocked from entering Little Rock High by the national guard.

  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    U-2 Spy plane was shot down over soviet union.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Unsuccessful action taken out by the CIA to invade southern Cuba.

  • Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Martin Luther King Jr. sent a letter from Birmingham jail.

  • March on Washington

    Famous March on Washington in which Martin Luther Kind Jr. gave his famous speech.