A Civil Rights Movement A Civil Rights Movement Timeline, 1954-1969Timeline, 1954-1969

A Civil Rights Movement A Civil Rights Movement Timeline, 1954-1969Timeline, 1954-1969

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19541955

1968

19651964

1963

1956

1961

1957

Rosa Parks arrested

School segregation

illegalMontgomery

BusBoycott begins

Little Rock 9

Greensboro Sit-in

SNCC founded

1960

MLK’s house

bombed

Bus boycott ends

Freedom rides begin

The Children’s Crusade

“I Have a Dream”speech

King Awarded Nobel

Malcolm X assassinated

Police attack demonstrators in SelmaMLK shot

Civil Rights Act passed

Voting Rights Act

Birmingham church bombing

School Segregation Illegal, 1954

• The Supreme Court made school segregation illegal, 1954.

• This act is called Brown v. The Board of Education

• By: LF

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_segregation_protest.jpg

By Ske at fr.wikipedia (Transferred from fr.wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Rosa Parks Arrested, 1955

• Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not giving up her seat on the bus.

• The back was for blacks and the front was for whites.

• By: SM

Photo credit: This work is in the public domain in the U.S.:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Rosaparks_policereport.jpg/474px-Rosaparks_policereport.jpg

Montgomery Bus Boycott begins, 1955

• It began because teenager Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refused to give their seats to a white person.

• They felt that just because their skin color is black doesn’t mean they had to move.

• By: LC

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg

By Rmhermen at en.wikipedia (photo by rmhermen) [GFDL (<A class="external free" href=http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlrel=nofollow>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</A>) or CC-BY-SA-3.0

(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Little Rock Nine, 1957• Nine teenagers were

chosen to go to an all-white high school.

• Police tried to stop them but the President sent the Army to protect them.

• By: BL

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:101st_Airborne_at_Little_Rock_Central_High.jpg

By US Army (US Army) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Greensboro Sit-in, 1960• Four kids sat at a

white only restaurant.

• They wanted food. They wouldn’t serve them.

• By: NS

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greensboro_sit-in_counter.jpg

By Mark Pellegrini (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-2.5 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Freedom Rides Begin, 1961• White and African

American civil rights people set out from Washington, D.C.

• They traveled on buses to the South to test a U.S. Supreme Court decision that said interstate bus stations had to be integrated.

• By: LS

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewiszwerg.jpg

By author (photo of a museum exhibit) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

The Children’s Crusade, 1963

• The Children’s Crusade is when children participated and helped to get their freedom.

• Some children would let themselves be arrested to show they were brave.

• By: EH

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abernathy_Children_on_front_line_leading_the_SELMA_TO_MONTGOMERY_MARCH_for_the_RIGHT_TO_VOTE.JPG

By Abernathy Family (Abernathy Family Photos) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

“I Have A Dream” Speech, 1963

• Dr. King gave this speech at the March on Washington.

• 250,000 black and white people attended the speech.

• By: EM

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_-_March_on_Washington.jpg

By Unknown? [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Birmingham Church Bombing, 1963

• On Sunday, Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb blew up the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

• 4 African American girls who were in the church died.

• By: DF

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:04298v_cropped.JPG

By O'Halloran, Thomas J., photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

King Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 1964

• When Martin won the Nobel Peace Prize, he shouted for joy.

• His whole family went to Norway to get the prize.

• By: AW

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS_5.jpg

By Herman Hiller / New York World-Telegram & Sun [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Malcolm X is Assassinated, 1965

• On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City.

• By: DG

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MLK_and_Malcolm_X_USNWR_cropped-2.jpg

By Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report Magazine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Police Attack Demonstrators in Selma, 1965

• March 7 became known as “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama.

• Over 50 people were killed or injured in this act.

• By: LW

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bloody_Sunday-officers_await_demonstrators.jpeg

By Kevin Saff at en.wikipedia [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Voting Rights Act, 1965• President Johnson

signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• This act said that all citizens had the right to vote.

• By: Mrs. Satta

Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LyndonJohnson_signs_Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965.jpg

By Yoichi R. Okamoto [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

MLK Shot, 1968• Martin Luther

King, Jr., was shot to death on the balcony of his hotel.

• He was buried in Atlanta, Georgia.

• By: LP

Photo credit: ttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg

By Trikosko, Marion S. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Civil Rights Act Passed, 1968

• President Johnson signed the Second Civil Rights Act.

• It is also known as the Fair Housing Act.

• By: AN Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lbjsigningbill.jpg

By Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

19541955

1968

19651964

1963

1956

1961

1957

Rosa Parks arrested

School segregation

illegalMontgomery

BusBoycott begins

Little Rock 9

Greensboro Sit-in

SNCC founded

1960

MLK’s house

bombed

Bus boycott ends

Freedom rides begin

The Children’s Crusade

“I Have a Dream”speech

King Awarded Nobel

Malcolm X assassinated

Police attack demonstrators in SelmaMLK shot

Civil Rights Act passed

Voting Rights Act

Birmingham church bombing

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