Timeline of the civil right movement By Shandhosh 1865 The end of the slavery 1877 The Jim Crow Laws 1954 The desegregation of schools 1955 The desegregation of public transports 1960 Sit'ins by the students, non'viloent committal 1963 The march on Washington 1963 "I have a dream" speech 1968 Martin Luther King as been assasinated