Civil Rights Timeline By Michaella.uhde Feb 12, 1909 NAACP was Founded Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers Dec 9, 1952 Brown VS. Board of Education Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Refused to Give up Her Seat Sep 3, 1957 Desegregation of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas Sep 9, 1957 Congress Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 Feb 1, 1960 Sit-in at Woolworth's Lunch Counter May 4, 1961 CORE "Freedom Ride" Apr 16, 1963 Dr.King was thrown in Birmingham Jail Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Jul 2, 1964 Congress Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was Assassinated
