Civil Rights Movement By krolston May 7, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat Leads to 381 day Montgomery Bus Strike Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine denied entry -Central High School Feb 1, 1960 Sit-In Woolworth Counter, Greensboro, North Carolina May 4, 1961 First Freedom Ride leaves Washington, DC Sep 30, 1962 James Meredith enters U.of Mississippi w/US marshall escort Apr 12, 1963 MLK arresed in Birmingham, Alabama Aug 28, 1963 MLK March on Washington "I Have a Dream" Sep 15, 1963 KKK bombs 16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham, 4 killed Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed by LBJ Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed by LBJ Jul 15, 2013 test
