Civil Rights Timeline By facebooker_100003568275379 Dec 6, 1865 Civil war ends and 13 amendment is passed Mar 1, 1875 civil rights act May 18, 1896 plessy v. ferguson supreme court decision Feb 12, 1909 naacp is founded Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson integrates major league baseball Feb 2, 1948 Pres. Truman desegragates the military May 17, 1954 brown v. board of education supreme court descision Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott Sep 2, 1957 little rock nine enter high school Feb 1, 1960 The first "Sit in" occurs in greensburo, NC Aug 28, 1963 March on washington Aug 10, 1965 Voting Rights act Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated Jan 20, 2009 Barack Obama is elected president of the U.S