a civil rights movement timeline, 1954 1969
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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
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(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