Modern Civil Rights Movement By itatias May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Aug 24, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec 21, 1956 Integration of Montgomery Busses Sep 2, 1957 Integration of Little Rock Central High School Feb 1, 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides Apr 16, 1963 "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" Jun 12, 1963 Murder of Medgar Evers Sep 15, 1963 Bombing of 16th St. Baptist Church Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment; Outlawing Poll Tax Jun 21, 1964 Murder of Civil Rights Workers Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 18, 1965 Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Jan 30, 1972 "Bloody Sunday" Selma
