Timeline

• When did the Plessy vs Ferguson case happen

  1896
• When did the Brown case take place

  1954
• When was Emmett Till killed

  1955
• When was Parks killed/Montgomery Bus Boycott

  1955
• When did the Little Rock High School crisis happened

  1957
• When was SCLC founded

  1957
• When was the Civil Rights Act created -> allowed gov to prosecute states within interfered with voting rights

  1957
• When did Greensboro sit ins happen

  1960
• When was SNCC set up

  1960
• When did Kennedy become president

  1961
• When did Freedom Rides happen

  1961
• When did the James Meredith case happen

  1962
• When did the campaign in Birmingham Alabama take place

  1963
• When did the March on Washington happen

  1963
• When was Kennedy assassinated

  1963
• When was Freedom summer

  1964
• When was the Civil Rights Act created -> banned segregation of public places

  1964
• When was Malcolm X killed

  1965
• When did the campaign in Selma happen

  1965
• When was the Voting Rights Act created -> banned discrimination in voting

  1965
• When did the riots in Watt, LA happen

  1965
• When was the March Against Fear

  1966
• When was the Black Panther set up

  1966
• When was King's Campaign in Chicago

  1966
• When was MLK killed

  1968
• When did the Kerner Report on riots take place

  1968
• When did Tommi Smith + John Carlos give Black Power Salute at Mexico Olympics

  1968
• When did Nixon become president

  1969