Civil Rights Timeline

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  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Decision orders the desegregation of public schools.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

    Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
    The boycott link

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected

    Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected
    The 34th president of the United States. Very liked for being a World War 2 veteran, and a famous general.

  • Desegregation crisis occurs in Little Rock, Arkansas

    Desegregation crisis occurs in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Little Rock Nine video 9 black children enter a segregated school for the first time since Brown v. Board of Education was passed. It causes a crisis since the children were not let into the school. The president acts and sends troops to escort the children to school.

  • John F. Kennedy is elected president

    John F. Kennedy is elected president
    The 35th president of the United States.

  • Nelson Mandela is improvised

    Nelson Mandela is improvised

  • Martin Luther King Jr. 'I have a dream' speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. 'I have a dream' speech
    I have a dream speech video Dr. King gives his speech that changes the world. It also convinces Kennedy that the people support the Civil Rights Act.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president upon JFKs assassination

    Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president upon JFKs assassination
    The 35th and 36th president of the United States.

  • Congress passes Civil Rights Act

    Congress passes Civil Rights Act
    Civil Rights Act video U.S. outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
    Video

  • Richard M. Nixon is elected president

    Richard M. Nixon is elected president