Civil War Timeline

By Jeffmnz123

  • Brown v. Board

    U.S. supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

  • The Montgomery Boycott

    African Americans protested segregated seating by refusing to ride on public busses, was considered the first large U.S. demonstration against segregation

  • Little Rock

    Under the escort of the U.S. army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students are enrolled into an all white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

  • Greensboro Sit-in

    Four African American university students began a nationwide civil rights movement after being refused service at a whites-only restaurant in Greensboro, NC.

  • March On Washington

    Over 200,000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for jobs and freedom in the nations capital. The march was successful and led to president John F. Kennedy passing a strong federal civil rights bill in congress.

  • Civil Rights Act

    On June 2nd, 1964, president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights act. This became to most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Police and a citizen posse attacked a group of marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama. This day was later to be known as Bloody Sunday.

  • Voting Rights Act

    On August 6th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. This allowed for African Americans to be able to vote without any intervention from others, it also banned tactics that prevented them from voting.

  • Death of Martin Luther King jr.

    On April 4th, 1968, civil rights movement leader known as Martin Luther King jr. was shot and killed on a balcony of Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His death had a large impact on future civil rights protests and made him one of the greatest civil rights movement leaders of all time.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which was a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This bill included the Fair Housing Act.