Integration and Civil Rights, 1945-1968 By meghil May 1, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Decided segregation of schools was unconstitutional Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for sitting in white section on bus Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed Sep 23, 1957 National Gaurd prevents 9 black children from going to Little Rock's Central High School May 4, 1961 First Freedom Ride Jun 12, 1963 Medgar Evers assassinated Aug 28, 1963 "I Have a Dream" Speech and March on Washington Sep 10, 1963 Explosion at black church in Birmingham, Alabama kills four girls Jan 1, 1965 Civil Rights Act Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assasinated