TN State Std 5.65 - Civil Rights Movement

Brown vs Board of Education

May 14, 1954

HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Dec 31, 1956

Martin Luther King Jr civil rights activity

Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Apr 4, 1968

Non-Violent Protests begin at - Highlander Folk School

Jan 7, 1955

Lawsuit filed against Nashville Board of Education

First HIgh Schol to Integrate

Aug 15, 1956

Clinton High School
Clinton, TN

Nine Black students enroll in all white school

Sep 5, 1957

Central High School
Little Rock, Arkansas

Tent Cities

Period: Jan 1, 1959 to Dec 31, 1960

Fayette and Haywood Counties
Tennessee

Nashville Sit-ins

Period: Feb 1, 1960 to May 31, 1960

Nashville sit-in protests - Diane Dash

Freedom Riders

May 4, 1961

Freedom Rides

MLK Jr Assassination

Apr 4, 1968