Civil Rights Movement By cardinals18 May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Feb 9, 1909 NAACP Founded 1942 CORE Founded May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Jan 10, 1957 SCLC Founded Sep 2, 1957 Little Rock Nine 1960 SNCC Founded 1960 Sit-In Movements (Nashville, TN and Greensboro, NC) May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides Sep 30, 1962 Integration of Ole Miss 1963 Birmingham Campaign May 2, 1963 Children's March Jun 10, 1963 Integration of University of Alabama Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Sep 15, 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassination Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jun 1, 1964 Freedom Summer Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 Jul 16, 1964 Harlem Riots Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassination Mar 7, 1965 Selma March Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riots Jun 6, 1966 March Against Fear 1967 Father James Groppi Jun 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia Jul 23, 1967 Detroit Riots Apr 4, 1968 King Assassination Jun 5, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassination