civil rights By hayleighcraf09 Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball Jul 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 signed by President Truman May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till is murdered Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Arrest Period: Dec 5, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine Intervention Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro Sit-In Protest Sep 30, 1962 Integration of Ole Miss Riots Period: May 2, 1963 to May 3, 1963 The Birmingham Children’s March Jun 11, 1963 George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” Jun 12, 1963 Medgar Evers shooting Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington / I Have a Dream Speech Sep 15, 1963 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Period: 1964 to 1964 Freedom Summer Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is murdered Mar 7, 1965 The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday Jul 4, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed Aug 15, 1966 Black Panther Party is formed Jun 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling Apr 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
