Civil Rights Movement By Caseyjj May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till kidnapped and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in the colored section of the bus Sep 24, 1957 Nine Black students are refused to enter a white school, President Eisenhower sends troops to fight on their behalf Feb 1, 1960 Four Black students sit at a segregated lunch table Oct 1, 1962 James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the university of Mississippi. Apr 16, 1963 Martin Luther King jr. is arrested in Birmingham and writes his "Letter from a Birmingham jail" Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King jr. makes his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech in Washington D.C. Aug 4, 1964 Three Civil Rights workers are killed by the KKK Feb 21, 1965 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem Oct 15, 1966 Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated by James Earl Ray