Civil Rights TImeline By kale.ostler 1942 Congress of Racial Equality 1948 Integration of Military 1954 Brown v. Board (decision) 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1957 Little Rock 9 (start of school) 1960 Greensboro Sit-Ins 1961 Freedom Riders 1962 James Meredith's Ol' Miss (start) 1963 March on Washington 1963 Birmingham (start) 1964 Freedom Summer 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 1965 Selma 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 1968 MLK's Assassination