The civil rights movement By gundam.odst Aug 5, 1874 Jim crow laws Period: Aug 5, 1874 to Apr 4, 1968 civil rights movement May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Jun 26, 1941 Discrimination in defence baned by FDR Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in MLB May 17, 1954 Brown vs. board of education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks boards a bus and sits in an empty seat Dec 1, 1955 Montgumary bus boycott Mar 12, 1956 the southern manifesto Jul 26, 1956 Crisis over Suez Canal Aug 29, 1957 congress passes civil rights legeslation Sep 17, 1957 little rock nine Feb 1, 1960 African Americans order doughnuts in caffe and they did not get served Mar 29, 1960 James Lawson delivering address Oct 26, 1960 Kennedy wins election with the help of African americans May 4, 1961 freedom ride through the deep south Aug 15, 1961 East Germany builds Berlin wall Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated Aug 6, 1965 Votting rights act Apr 4, 1968 MLK Jr. assassinated 6:01 p.m.
