Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights

Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Dec 31, 1965

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

Roas Parks was arrested December 1, 1955. She was after refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white male.

Woolworth sit-in

Feb 1, 1960

Four black students sit in at Woolworths in Greensboro, North Carolina. This started the Civil Rights Movement for equal rights.

MLK Birmingham Jail letter

Apr 16, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. writes a letter after being arrested in Birmingham. He writes due to the comments of the Civil Rights Movement and how it is not the right time to protest, according to the whites that are making this comment.

I Have A Dream

Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in Washington D.C. in front of thousands of people both black and white. This speech is still famous today and then it inspired the nation.

JFK

Nov 22, 1963

JFK was assassinated in Texas during a parade. Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One after JKF was announced dead.