Civil Rights Timeline By acolgan01 Period: Jan 1, 1946 to Jan 1, 1966 Civil Rights Jan 1, 1947 Jackie Robinson and the desegregation of baseball Jan 1, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Jan 1, 1955 Emmitt Till Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Jan 1, 1957 Crisis on Little Rock Feb 1, 1960 Sit-ins (Greensbro, NC) Jan 1, 1961 Freedom Riders Sep 1, 1962 Meredith and Ole Miss Jan 1, 1963 Civil Rights protest in Birmingham Sep 15, 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Sep 28, 1963 March on Washington Jan 1, 1964 Civil Rights Act Jan 1, 1964 Freedom Summer Project (Mississippi) Jan 1, 1965 Selma March Jan 1, 1965 Voting Rights Act