project By bfp25 Period: May 12, 1940 to May 12, 2000 timeline May 10, 1947 • Jackie Robinson and the desegregation of baseball May 12, 1954 • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas May 11, 1955 • Emmitt Till May 11, 1955 • Montgomery Bus Boycott May 12, 1957 • Crisis in Little Rock May 12, 1960 • Sit-ins (Greensboro, NC) May 12, 1961 • Freedom Riders May 12, 1962 • Meredith and Ole Miss May 11, 1963 • Birmingham Church Bombing May 12, 1963 • March on Washington May 12, 1963 • Civil Rights protest in Birmingham May 11, 1964 • Civil Rights Act May 12, 1964 • Freedom Summer Project (Mississippi) May 12, 1965 • Voting Rights Act May 12, 1965 • Selma March