Civil Rights By littledenise May 18, 1896 Plessy Vs Feguson Period: May 18, 1896 to Apr 4, 1968 Civil Rights May 30, 1910 NAACP Feb 18, 1915 Movie "Birth of a Nation" Nov 5, 1917 Supreme court case buchanan veany May 1, 1936 Jesse Owens competes in summer olympics and wins 4 gold medals No exact date. Summer 1936 Jan 1, 1942 CORE was founded No exact date. Jan 1, 1948 Shelly VS Kramer Jul 26, 1948 Signed 9981 Aug 28, 1955 Emmit Hill was killled for whistling at a white woman Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat Dec 2, 1955 Bus Boycott Sep 4, 1957 Brown VS Board of Education Feb 1, 1960 Sit in Sep 20, 1962 Missisippi College accepts black student Jan 1, 1964 Act signed to give blacks Civil Rights No exact date Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jan 23, 1964 Students encourage blacks to vote No exact date. Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Jan 1, 1967 Missisippi voting test No exact date. Jun 13, 1967 1st black supreme court justice Apr 4, 1968 MLK was killed Jun 12, 1968 Medger Evans Sep 15, 1968 16th street church boming