Civil Rights act timeline

  • Brown vs board of education

    Segregation of children declared unconstitutional.
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Showed the widespread support of their community
  • Little rock nine

    African American students integrated into an all white highschool.
  • The March on Washington

    250,000 protesters gathered infront of the Lincoln memorial and showcased the strength of peaceful protest.
  • The Freedom Summer of 1964

    A registration drive for African American voters, since they were always threatened into not voting, a safer way for voting was enacted.