Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s By awcote 1954 Brown vs. the Board of Education 1955 Rosa Parks Period: 1955 to 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1960 Ruby Bridges 1960 Woolworth's Diner SIt-In 1961 Freedom Rides 1963 "I Had A Dream" 1964 Freedom Summer Period: 1964 to 1968 Riots 329 riots in 257 cities 1965 Malcolm X killed 1966 Black Panther Party formed 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr killed 1969 Soul Train Music Program created