Civil Rights Timeline By skotowskiii Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Dec 31, 1970 Civil Rights Events Feb 12, 1909 NAACP was formed Aug 8, 1925 First national demonstration of the KKK in Washington DC Aug 14, 1948 Truman issues executive order outlawing segregation in US Military May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas Sep 25, 1955 9 Black students try to enter Central High School litttle rock ark Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man Mar 28, 1957 MLK, Charles K. Steele&Fred L. Shuttleworth form SCLC Mar 7, 1960 4 Black students hold a sit in at Greensboro, NC Apr 9, 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides Begin Sep 20, 1962 James Merideth becomes 1st black student to entroll in University of Miss. May 10, 1963 MLK jailed for anti-segregation protests in Birmigham May 13, 1963 "Bull" Connor uses dogs&fire hoses against protesters Jun 12, 1963 Medgar Evers is killed Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Sep 15, 1963 16th St Baptist Church is bombed killing four girls Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed Aug 5, 1964 Bodies of 3 civil rights workers were found Feb 21, 1965 Malcom X shot to death Mar 7, 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, "Bloody Sunday" Sep 24, 1965 President Johnson orders Executive Order 11246
