cicil rights movement By spencer18 May 8, 1896 Plessy vs. Fergison May 8, 1922 14th amendment May 8, 1922 15th Amendment Jul 20, 1925 Murder of Medgar Evers Jul 8, 1939 Nation of Islam is founded May 8, 1941 Stokely carmichael and Black power May 8, 1942 Core is founded May 8, 1946 Malcolm Little arrested and prison time May 8, 1947 Jackie Robinson integrates MLB Jul 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 May 17, 1954 brown vs. board of education Sep 8, 1954 Ruby Bridges Dec 1, 1955 Montogomery Bus Boycott Mar 4, 1956 southern manifesto Jan 10, 1957 SCLC is founded Sep 8, 1957 Little Rock Nine (Barnett and Eisenhower Sep 20, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-in's Apr 8, 1960 SNCC is founded May 4, 1961 freedom rides May 17, 1961 brown vs. board of education Sep 8, 1962 James Meredith and integration of ole miss Apr 4, 1963 letter fro birmingham jail Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington for jobs and freedom Sep 8, 1963 Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jun 4, 1964 freedom summer Jun 8, 1964 Murder of james chaney, answer goodman, and michael schwerner Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassinated Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights act of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots Sep 24, 1965 executive order 11246 Feb 25, 1966 Kerner Commission May 8, 1966 Black panthers are founded Jun 12, 1967 loving v. virginia Jul 12, 1967 Newark and Detroit race riots Feb 11, 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike Apr 19, 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 May 8, 1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos Black power Olympic salute Jan 30, 1972 Bloody Sunday Aug 8, 1973 "Bull" Connor and Birmingham, Alabama pretest May 8, 1992 13th amendment May 8, 2017 Murder of Emmitt Till