Civil Rights Timeline

By Abby Burke
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    Civil Rights Movement

    To abolish Slavery but ended in discrimination between white and Black people.
  • First Sit-in protest

    First Sit-in protest

    A group of Black civilians protested against segregation in Greensboro NC
  • SNCC founded

    SNCC founded

    The Civil Rights movement is pursued with the SNCC
  • John F. Kennedy moves into the White House.

    John F. Kennedy moves into the White House.

    The new President moves into the White House.
  • First televised debate

    First televised debate

    Over 70 million people watched as presidents gave their speeches and debates.
  • “Freedom Riders” leave D.C

    “Freedom Riders” leave D.C

    An International group boards a bus to travel to the South to test President Kennedy.
  • Ban-The-Bomb Protest

    Ban-The-Bomb Protest

    Anti-Nuclear Activist worldwide protest about the bomb.
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Conflict in Southeast Asia had some of the army shipped to Vietnam for the cause of property and the threat of war.
  • JFK Inauguration

    JFK Inauguration

    35th president very young
  • First man to orbit the Earth

    First man to orbit the Earth

    John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times and went for 5 hours.
  • Marilyn Marroe found dead

    Marilyn Marroe found dead

    “Acute barbiturates poisoning” was the cause of death.
  • Cuban missile crisis

    Cuban missile crisis

    Missiles were being stored in Cuba and we about to be launch to the USA without anyone knowing.

  • “I have a dream” Speech

    MLK gives a speech about segregation with a community around his durning the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Marched for jobs and freedom to advocate for economic rights
  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination

    In Dallas Texas shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali becomes world Heavyweight champion in Miami, Florida.
  • Freedom Summer begins with Murder

    Freedom Summer begins with Murder

    Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Charley disappear (Murder) found on 8/4 killed by the KKK
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    Legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, and sex.
  • Malcom X assassination

    Malcom X assassination

    He was killed durning a speech at Manhattan Audubon Ballroom.
  • Watts Race Riot

    Watts Race Riot

    6 day of rage and riot leaving 34 people dead and $200 million dollars in damage.
  • Stokely Carmichael takes over at SNCC

    Stokely Carmichael takes over at SNCC

    Rejects nonviolent and “Black Power”.
  • NOW in Born

    NOW in Born

    The National Organization for Woman (NOW) is born.
  • Black Panther Party is Founded

    Black Panther Party is Founded

    Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panthers in Oakland CA
  • Death of Walt Disney

    Death of Walt Disney

    Walt Disney dies of cancer
  • First heart Transplant

    First heart Transplant

    Christiaan Barnard has a heart transplant of 53 year old Lewis Washkarsky.
  • Assassination of MLK

    Assassination of MLK

    In Memphis Tennessee loss for the nation and the Civil Rights Movement.

  • SSFU Student Strike

    First ethnic group program created. https://www.pbs.org/video/the-
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    reached the moon of June 20 1969 to win the space race with Russia
  • Stonewall Riot

    Stonewall Riot

    Funeral attracts gay mourners and police investigate.
  • Native American Occupy Alcatraz

    Native American Occupy Alcatraz

    Protests fail to gain island but inspire a native movement.