civil rights By TYLER BUTLER!! Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 13, 1886 Plessy VS Ferganson Jul 26, 1948 President signs executive order 9981 May 17, 1954 Brown VS Board Of Education Aug 1, 1955 14 year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting family in Mississippi when he is kidnapped, brutally beaten then shot Feb 1, 1957 MLK established southern chrisian leadership conference Sep 1, 1957 9 black students are blocked from entering school on orders of governor Orava Faubus Apr 16, 1963 MLK is arrested and jailed during a anit-sehregation protest in Birmingham Aug 28, 1963 200,000 people attened MLK's "I Have A Dream" Apr 15, 1964 civil rights act
