MLK timeline

By woahitsjoy

  • Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Period: to

    Montgomery Bus Boycotts

  • I have a Dream speech was given

  • Civil Rights Act Passed

    banned discrimination in employment and public accommodations based on “race, color, religion”

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Desegregated schools

  • Voting Rights Act

    restored the right to vote

  • Immigration and Nationality Services Act passed

    abolished old quota policy and replaced it with one that supported reconnecting families and bringing skilled works to the US

  • Death of Dr. King