Modern Civil Rights Movement By anna_vang18 Dec 24, 1938 Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson start May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Aug 24, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec 6, 1955 Integration of Montgomery Sep 3, 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 Jun 21, 1964 Murders of Civil Rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Micheal Schwerner Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 26, 1965 Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson End Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965