Hung Hong Period.1 Mr.Knutson Cooper High School Modern Civil Rights Movement - An Introductory Timeline using key events. By HingChiMinh May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Aug 24, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec 5, 1955 Integration of Montgomery, AL busses Sep 3, 1957 Integration of Little Rock Central High School in Ark. Jan 1, 1960 Lunch-counter sit ins May 4, 1961 Freedom Rides Apr 16, 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail Jun 12, 1963 Murder of Medgar Evers Sep 15, 1963 Bombing of 16th St. Baptist Church Jan 1, 1964 24th Amendment - Outlawing of poll taxes in federal elections Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 4, 1964 Murder of Civil Rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Miss. Feb 26, 1965 Murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday - Selma Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965
