Civil Rights Movement: History in Motion. By Chelsea Amerson & Shane Antonacci. By shanea Apr 13, 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson The case between Plessy and Ferguson lasted atleast a month and ruled in the favour of seperate but equal. Apr 29, 1909 NAACP Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson Breaks MLB color barrier Jul 29, 1948 President Truman desegregates the military May 17, 1954 Brown VS Board of Education Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till Murdered Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Arrested Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycotts start Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery bus boycotts end Jan 10, 1957 SCLC founded Sep 25, 1957 Little Rock Nine Integrate Central High School Feb 1, 1960 Sit-ins start in Greensboro, North Carolina Apr 1, 1960 SNCC founded Jan 1, 1961 Freedom Rides May 31, 1961 James Meredith integrates University of Mississippi Apr 16, 1963 Letter From Birmingham Jail Jun 21, 1963 Byron De La Beckwith convicted of Evers Murder Aug 28, 1963 March On Washington Sep 15, 1963 16th street Baptist Church Bombing Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Ratified Feb 21, 1965 Malcom X assassinated Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Oct 15, 1966 Black Panther Party Founded Apr 4, 1968 Dr King assassinated Jun 6, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Jan 30, 1972 Bloody Sunday Jun 21, 2005 Edgar Ray Killen convicted of Freedom Summer Murders Apr 29, 2013 An American Dream published