crm timeline By firemanonit Feb 12, 1909 NAACP was founded Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man- Sep 9, 1957 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 Sep 23, 1957 Desegregation of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas Feb 1, 1960 Sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter May 4, 1961 CORE “freedom ride” Apr 12, 1963 Dr. King was thrown into Birmingham Jail Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Jul 2, 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Mar 7, 1965 “Bloody Sunday” Aug 4, 1965 Voting Rights Act Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated