Civil Rights Timeline

  • Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream"

    Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream"
    On Jan. 15, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. had the famous "I have a dream" speech. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" at the 1963 Washington D.C. Civil Rights March.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    Brown v. Board of Education was on May 1, 1954 in Topeka, Kanasa and the results were letting African-Americans and Caucasians can go to the same school and be in the same classes.
  • Arrest of Rosa Parks

    Arrest of Rosa Parks
    On Dec. 1,1955 Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, AL because Mrs. Parks was tired after a long day of work and decided to take a seat on the bus on her ride home. Because she sat down and refused to give up her seat to a Caucasian passenger, she was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring Africa-American people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. It started from December 5, 1955 and ened on December 20, 1956.
  • Greensboro Sit-in

    Greensboro Sit-in
    The Greensboro sit-in was on February 1,1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina. A group of four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white-only lunch counter until the store closed.