Civil Rights Movement By facebooker_361729091749528 1619 Slavery 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1868 14th Amendment 1870 15th Amendment 1941 World War II (US got involved) Jun 25, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 Jun 25, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 1955 Rosa Parks Sep 3, 1957 Little Rock Nine Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro sit-ins May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders Aug 28, 1963 the March on Washington Jul 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated Apr 11, 1968 Fair Housing Act