Civil Rights Movement Timeline

By devinen10

  • 1955 August Emmet Till

    In August, Emmet Till, an African American teen, was beaten and murdered by two white police officers
    while visiting Mississippi. The white men were acquitted by an all-white jury.

  • 1955 December Rosa Parks

    In December, Rosa Parks, an African American bus passenger, was arrested for disobeying a Montgomery, Alabama, bus law. The law required colored people to give up their seat when a white person wished to sit in their seats or in the same row.

  • 1957 Civil Rights Leaders founded SCLC

    1957 Civil Rights Leaders founded SCLC
    Civil rights leaders, led by king, founded the southern Christian Leadership conference (SCLC). They promoted equal rights through non-violent protests, and community development programs. Other important civil rights groups included Student non-violent coordinating committee (SNCC), the congress of racial equality (CORE), and national association of colored people (NAACP).

  • 1963 March on Washington, D.C

    1963 March on Washington, D.C
    King and other civil rights leaders organized a march on Washington, D.C for jobs, and freedom at the nation’s capital. Approximately 250,000 supporters gathered

  • 1964 Civil Rights Act

    1964 Civil Rights Act
    Passed Civil Rights Act which states that nobody is to be discriminated by a person race, color, religion, or sex.

  • 1965 Civil Rights Voting Act

    1965 Civil Rights Voting Act
    Passed Civil Rights Act which allows colored people to vote.

  • 1968 Civil Rights Act

    1968 Civil Rights Act
    Passed Civil Rights Act which prohibited racial discrimination in the sale and rental in most of the housing in the US.