USA Civil Rights Movement By Chivesanddahlias 1898 Wilimington NC Riots 1906 Atlanta GA, riots 1919 Elaine AR, Riots 1921 Tulsa OK, riots Period: 1953 to 1961 Eisenhower as President 1954 Brown VS the Board of Education 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955 Death of Emmett Till 1957 Little Rock 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 1960 Greensboro Sit Ins 1961 Freedom Rides Period: 1961 to 1963 Kennedy as President 1962 Interstate travel desegregated 1962 Meredith Case 1963 Birimingham March 1963 March on Washington Period: 1963 to 1969 LBJ as president 1964 Freedom Summer 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965