20th century By miguelmejia18 Feb 12, 1909 NAT'L ASSOC. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE NAACP Jul 15, 1914 Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA 1941 Congress of Racial equality Jun 25, 1941 Executive order 8802 Franklin D. Roosevelt May 17, 1948 Brown vs. Boe Topeka, Ka Jun 26, 1948 Executive order 9981 HST Aug 29, 1955 emmit till Jan 2, 1957 Selma Voting Right March Jan 10, 1957 Southern christian Leadership Council/ James Lawson Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Central H.S AR Period: Feb 1, 1960 to Jul 25, 1960 Greensboro 4 Aug 26, 1960 Kennedy - nixon Debates May 14, 1961 Freedom riders attack in anniston , AL 1963 Birmingham children's crusade Aug 28, 1963 I have a Dream / MLK speech Nov 22, 1963 assassination of JFK Jun 21, 1964 Chaney, goodman and Schwerner murders in ms May 11, 1965 watts riots 1966 black panther/ Huey newton Apr 4, 1968 assassination of MLK Jun 6, 1968 assassination of RFK 1971 southern poverty law center