Civil Rights Timeline Kyle Perry By 19krperry Period: May 27, 1890 to May 27, 1950 Civil Rights Sep 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington May 18, 1896 Plessy V. Ferguson Oct 17, 1901 Teddy Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dinner May 27, 1902 Lynching May 27, 1902 WEB Dubois Jul 4, 1910 Johnson V. Jeffries May 27, 1916 The Great Migration Aug 2, 1919 Race Riots in Chicago Oct 27, 1919 Race Riots around the U.S May 27, 1921 Marcus Garvey (Back to Africa) May 27, 1922 KKK May 25, 1925 Louis Armstrong May 27, 1925 Harlem Renaissance May 27, 1931 Sharecropping May 28, 1937 Scottsboro Boys Feb 27, 1939 Marion Anderson sings from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial May 27, 1944 Tuskeegee Airman Jul 16, 1944 Morgan V Virginia Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson Jul 26, 1948 Integration of Armed Forces