Civil Rights Timeline

By meagancoffey

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks, an African American, refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. Martin Luther King Jr and the NACCP boycotted buses in Montgomery. After hard work when boycotting the supreme court proved that segregation on transportation was unconstitutional.

  • SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

    This was caused by the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the purpose was to work for civil rights for African Americans through Non-Violent means.

  • The Sibley Commission

    Georgia's governor, Ernest Vandiver formed a committee to investigate public opinion on integration. Once they questioned the whole state, 60% of Georgia claimed they would rather close schools than integrate.

  • University of Georgia Integrates

    The first two African Americans to go to UGA graduated to be a Orthopedic Surgeon and a Journalist.

  • Albany Movement

    Martin Luther King Jr led hundreds of citizens on a march to resist segregation. This march was organized by the SNCC and the NAAPC. The Albany March did not end in a good result, but it did teach protesters information on how to have a better boycott.

  • March on Washington

    It was a march for freedom and jobs that took place at the licoln memorial in Washington D.C. There Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous speech "i have a dream". The march was very successful and encouraged Civil Rights.

  • John F. Kennedy was assassinated

    President JFK was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza. He had sponsored a new Civil Rights act but was killed before it became a law

  • Civil Rights act of 1964

    The Civil Rights laws were supported by president Kennedy, but he was killed before they could officially become the law. The Civil Rights Act then caused a split in the Democratic Party. Many southern Democrats opposed the law, led by Richard B. Russell. Eventually it was signed in and made a law by President Lyndon Johnson.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Congress passed this Voting Rights act in 1965. After that 1 million African Americans registered to vote. This Act prohibited states to deny voting rights or imposing any voting qualifications.

  • MLK Assassination

    Martin Luther King traveled to Memphis, TN to support a strike. He was then shot at his hotel. Soon riots broke out all over the country, but Atlanta remained peaceful due to efforts from City Police and Ivan Allen Jr.