Civil Rights Movement Timeline

  • Thirteenth Amendmant

    Abolished Slavery. Ended Civil War
  • Fourteenth Amendmant

    Called the reconstruction amendmant
  • Fifteenth Amendmant

    Right to vote for all, no more segragation
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    No more segragation
  • Integration of the armed forces

    Blacks were allowed in the military
  • Brown vs. Board of educaqtion

    Segregated schools was unconstitutional
  • Emmet till is murdered

    Emmet till is murdered
    Emmet till is murdered
  • Rosa Parks' boycott

    Rosa Parks refused to move to the back seat
  • MLK arrested

    MLK was arrested
  • "Little Rock Nine"

    Students were not allowed to enter the High School
  • SNCC was founded

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was founded
  • "I had a dreem speech"

    MLK gave his infamous "I have a dream speech".
  • Three civil rights workers murdered

    Three civil rights workers were murdered
  • Civil rights act 1964 passed

    The civil rights act of 1964 was passed
  • Twenty fourth amendmant passed

    Poll tax abolished
  • Voting rights act of 1965 passed

    Voting rights act of 1965 passed
  • Malcom X assassinated

    Malcom X assassinated
    Malcom X assassinated
  • Civil rights act of 1968 passed

    Civil rights act of 1968 passed
  • Black Panthers are founded

    Black Panthers are founded
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated
    MLK was assassinated