Civil Rights Timeline By brendanpolles Jul 26, 1948 Segregation is ended in the armed forces May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case ends segregation in schools Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat Period: Jan 10, 1957 to Jan 11, 1957 Black pastors and other civil rights leaders meet to discuss non-violent protests against segregation Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock Nine are blocked from entering Central High School Sep 9, 1957 Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to protect voters rights Feb 1, 1963 Black students refuse to leave the "whites only" counter without being served Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Sep 15, 1963 A bomb at 16th St. Baptist Church is set off Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated Mar 7, 1965 Selma to Montgomery march begins Mar 25, 1965 Selma to Montgomery March ends Apr 4, 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated Aug 6, 1965 Literary tests are no longer required for voting registration Apr 11, 1968 Fair Housing Act is signed
