Civil Rights Movement Timeline By Connert323 Jan 31, 1865 Thirteenth Admendment January 31,1865 Jul 9, 1868 Fourteenth Admendment Feb 26, 1869 Fifteenth Admendment May 18, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Jul 4, 1930 Nation of Islam is founded Mar 1, 1942 Core is founded Jan 1, 1946 Malcolm Little arrested and prison time Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson integrates major league baseball Jul 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Sep 8, 1954 Ruby Bridges Aug 28, 1955 Murder of Emmitt Till Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Mar 1, 1956 Southern Manifesto Jan 10, 1957 SCLC is founded Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine Sep 9, 1957 Civil rights act of 1957 Feb 1, 1960 Greensboro Sit-Ins Apr 1, 1960 SNCC is founded Founded by Ella Baker May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders Sep 1, 1962 James Meredith and integration of ole miss Jan 1, 1963 "Bull" Connor and Burmingham, alabama protests Apr 16, 1963 Letter from birmingham jail Jun 12, 1963 Murder Of Medgar Evers Aug 28, 1963 March on washington for jobs and freedom Sep 15, 1963 Bombing of 16th street baptist church Jan 25, 1964 24th Admendment May 1, 1964 Freedom Summer Jun 21, 1964 Murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights act of 1964 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassinated Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights act of 1965 Aug 11, 1965 Watts Riot Sep 24, 1965 Executive order 11246 Oct 15, 1966 Black Panthers are Founded Jun 12, 1967 Loving vs. Virginia Jul 12, 1967 Newark and Detroit race riots Feb 11, 1968 Memphis Sanitation workers strike Feb 29, 1968 kerner Commission Apr 11, 1968 Civil Rights act of 1968 Oct 16, 1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos black power Olympic Salute Jan 30, 1972 Bloody Sunday