Civil Rights By LL779100 Period: 1953 to 1968 Civil Rights Movement 1954 Segregation outlawed in schools 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested 1961 The Freedom Riders started riding buses 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested in Burlingham 1963 Martin Luther King I Have a Dream speech 1964 President Lyndon outlaws segregation and Jim Crow laws 1964 Martin Luther king won Nobel pease prize 1965 The Voting Rights Act is signed 1968 Martin luther king was shot and killed
