Modern Civil Rights Movement By Jin_Xiong May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Aug 24, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec 20, 1956 Integration of Montgomery, AL Buses Sep 25, 1957 Integration of Little Rock Central High School - Little Rock, Ark Feb 1, 1960 Lunch-counter sit-ins Greensboro, NC May 4, 1961 Freedom Riders Aug 27, 1962 24th Amendment- Outlawing of poll taxes Apr 16, 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail Jun 12, 1963 Murder of Medgar Evers Sep 15, 1963 Bombing of 16th St. Baptist Church Jun 21, 1964 Murder of Civil Rights Workers James Chnaey, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb 26, 1965 Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday - Selma Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965
