The civil rights movement in America By JessonZhang Jul 26, 1948 The executive order of ending segregation in the Armed Services. https://www.trumanlibrary.org/anniversaries/desegblurb.htm May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott Jan 11, 1957 Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders meeting in Atlanta https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/southern-christian-leadership-conference-1957/ Sep 4, 1957 Little rock nine https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration Sep 9, 1957 Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 http://crdl.usg.edu/events/civil_rights_act_1957/ Oct 12, 1958 Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Benevolent_Congregation_Temple_bombing Oct 21, 1958 Kissing case https://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135815465/the-kissing-case-and-the-lives-it-shattered Feb 1, 1960 Students "Sit-ins" https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/feb-1-1960-black-students-and-the-greensboro-sit-in/ Nov 14, 1960 New Orleans school incident https://blackthen.com/%E2%80%8Bnovember-14-1960-ruby-bridges-makes-history-in-the-south/ May 17, 1961 Freedom Rides https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides Nov 11, 1961 Albany Movement https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/albany-movement-1961-1962/ Jun 11, 1963 Kennedy's response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_to_the_American_People_on_Civil_Rights Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King's speech/March on Washington https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington Sep 15, 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombing-video Jul 4, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated Mar 7, 1965 Selma to Montgomery https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0321.html Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination Apr 11, 1968 Fair Housing Act https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
