Civil Rights Movement

By rcs4139

  • The Formation of Core

  • Jackie Robinson became the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues

  • Armed forces being Desegregated

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • The Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arizona

  • The Hate That Hate Produced Airs(Featured Malcolm X)

  • The 1st lunch counter sit in

  • The Freedom Rides

  • The March on Washington

  • The Protest Campaign at Birmingham

  • Civil Rights act of 1964 is passed

  • The Voting Rights act of 1965

  • The Watts Riot

  • The Foundation of the Black Panther Party

  • Civil Rights act of 1968 is passed

  • Shirley Chisholm became the 1st black women to win election to the House of Representatives

  • The Congressional Black Caucus is Formed

  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

  • The miniseries Roots airs

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke