Civil Righs Movement 1950-1970 By kumadog1 May 17, 1954 Brown vs board of education Aug 3, 1955 Emmet Till is beaton and shot to death after being kidnapped and dumped in a river Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott begins Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott ends Jan 11, 1957 Martin Luther King, Charles Steele, and Fred Shuttlesworth found the SCLC the SCLC or Southern Christian Leadership Conference is created and Martin Luther King becomes president of it. Sep 25, 1957 the integration of Little Rock High School Oct 1, 1962 James Meredith enrolls at the Universtiy of Mississippi causing violent riots Apr 16, 1963 Martin Luther Kng is arrested and put into the Birmingham jail where he writes his letter from Birmingham Jail Aug 28, 1963 200,000 people take part in the March on washington, in which Martin Luther King gave his I have a dream speech Oct 15, 1966 the Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King is shot and killed, outside his hotel room by James Earl Ray
