Civil rights timeline

  • Jackie Robinson enters the MLB

    Jackie Robinson enters the MLB
    Jackie makes a huge step for the civil rights movement by becoming the first African American to enter the MLB.
  • Brown v Board of education

    Brown v Board of education
    This court meeting had proved as well as shown that segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
  • Emmett Till is murdered

    Emmett Till is murdered
    Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was wrongfully accused of crude actions and was wrongfully murdered.
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott
    The Montgomery bus boycott was the bus that Rosa Parks was on and stood up for civil rights by refusing to give up her seat.
  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Civil rights act of 1957
    The first federal rights legislation act passed by congress since 1875
  • The Birmingham Campaign

    The Birmingham Campaign
    A movement made of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to help bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans.
  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer
    A vote registration aimed to increase the number of registered black voters. Around 700 white Americans joined the African Americans
  • The Selma Marches

    The Selma Marches
    Martin Luther King Jr. had led thousands of a nonviolent demonstrators to the capitol of Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Voting rights act of 1965

    Voting rights act of 1965
    Prohibited voting discrimination and a huge landmark in civil rights history.
  • Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

    Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
    An American Christian minister as well as activist, he was a huge speaker who fought for civil rights, he was sadly assassinated in 1968.