Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Civil Rights Movement Timeline

Diego Lopez

Civil Rights Act of 1957

1954 Brown V Board of Education

1948 Executive Order 9981

1963 March on Washington

1946 End of Segregationin Interstate Transportation

Voting Rights Act of 1965

1957 SCLC Is Founded

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka declares state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces and marking the beginning of federal government intervention in civil rights.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 aimed to protect African Americans' voting rights by establishing the Civil Rights Commission and Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice. It also empowered federal officials to investigate and prosecute voter intimidation and other civil rights violations.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, headed by Thurgood Marshall, successfully argues the case of Morgan v. Virginia before the Supreme Court, ending segregation in interstate transportation.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed, eliminating barriers to voting for African Americans, particularly in the South.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, with the goal of using nonviolent protest to achieve civil rights reform.

1957 Little Rock 9

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1961 Freedom Riders

1945 End of WWll

1955 Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Seat

1968 Assasination of MLK

1950 Sweatt v Painter

1947 Jackie Robinson Joins MLB

Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under federal protection.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.

The end of World War II marks a turning point in civil rights activism as returning African American soldiers, having fought for democracy abroad, demand equality at home

Freedom Riders challenge segregated interstate bus travel, facing violence and arrest in the South.

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement.

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sparks riots in cities across the United States, highlighting ongoing racial tensions.

In Sweatt v. Painter, the Supreme Court rules that separate professional schools for blacks and whites are inherently unequal, paving the way for integration in higher education.

Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers, challenging racial segregation in professional sports.