Civil rigths movement

Kyla Sherrod

By EWinstead

  • Fair Deal

    Fair Deal
    Segregation of military

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Ends segregation in public schools

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Civil Rights Movement Begins

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    Eisenhower sends troops hesitantly to integrate public schools.

  • Greensboro 4

    Greensboro 4
    Sit in for Civil RIghts Movement

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    FIght to end segregation in interstate travel.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    Led to the passage of Civil Rights Act and MLK Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech

  • Civil Rights Act 1964

    Civil Rights Act 1964
    Ends segregration in public schools

  • Selma March

    Selma March
    Known as "Bloody Sunday". Was a peaceful protest led by Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Voting Rights Act 1965

    Voting Rights Act 1965
    President L. Johnson signs Voting Rights Act 1965 , ending Literacy Test.

  • Supreme Court

    Supreme Court
    Thurgood Marshal was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Dies

    Martin Luther King Jr. Dies
    MLKJr. was assassinated on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray pled guilty to avoid getting the death penalty. Instead he recieved death by electocution.