USA: civil rights 1954-75 By historywooo Period: 1953 to 1961 President Eisenhower 1954 Brown vs Topeka 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955 Murder of Emmett Till 1957 Little Rock 9 1957 Civil Rights Act 1957 1960 Greensboro Sit-ins 1961 Freedom Riders +Anniston bombing Period: 1961 to 1963 President Kennedy 1962 The James Meredith case Period: 1963 to 1969 President Johnson May 2, 1963 March on Birmingham Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 1964 Freedom Summer 1964 Mississippi murders 1965 March on Selma 3 separate marches, ended in Montgomery, Alabama Bloody Sunday 1965 Voting Rights Act 1965 Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X assassinated 1966 Black Power entered the mainstream Oct 15, 1966 Black Panther Party created Patrol the pigs. 1968 1968 Mexico Olympics 1968 Kerner Report Apr 4, 1968 MLK assassinated Period: 1969 to 1974 President Nixon Period: 1974 to 1977 President Ford
Patrol the pigs.
