Battle of Racial Equality By malia_joe May 17, 1954 Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in the Brown vs. Board of Education Jul 11, 1954 White Citizens council is formed to resist desegrigation Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Louis Till Murdered for speaking to white woman. Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is Arrested For refussing to give up her seat to a white man. Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott begins Nov 13, 1956 Supreme Court bans segregated seating on buses Aug 29, 1957 Congress Passes first civil rights act since reconstruction Sep 24, 1957 President Eisenhower orders troops to enforce desegregation Feb 1, 1960 Black students "sit in" Apr 16, 2012 SNCC is founded
