The Civil Rights Movement By abbeyhuffine Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1975 Civil Rights Movement Jun 25, 1941 FDR banned discrimination in defense industries Apr 10, 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers becoming the first African American to play major league baseball May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger. Mar 12, 1956 The Southern Manifesto Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Feb 1, 1960 Waitress refuses to serve four African American college students at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina Jan 20, 1961 Kennedy becomes President. May 5, 1961 CORE staged a "freedom ride" through the Deep South. Sep 26, 1962 Meredith wona federal court case that ordered the University of Mississippi to desegregate. Apr 12, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. decided to join a civil rights demonstration. Jun 11, 1963 Kennedy delivered a moving televised address. Jun 12, 1963 Medgar Evers was assasinated on his front doorstep. Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Sep 15, 1963 A bomb exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assasinated. Jun 1, 1964 Freedom Summer Jul 1, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 1, 1964 Freedom Summer ended. Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday
