Civil Rights By elle.r 1942 Founding of CORE 1948 Integration of Military 1954 Brown v. Board of Education 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1957 Little Rock 9 (start of school) 1960 Greensboro Sit In 1961 Freedom Riders 1962 James Meredith - Ole Miss 1963 Birmingham Protests 1963 March on Washington 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 Freedom Summer 1965 Selma and Voting Rights Act 1968 MLK's assassination