CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE MOVEMENT

MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN WAYS LARGE AND SMALL, BUT NUMEROUS HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS FROM 1951 TO 1968 GALVANIZED THE NATION. HERE’S A TIMELINE OF THE MAJOR MILESTONES DURING THAT PERIOD.

LUNCH COUNTER SIT-INS GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

FREEDOM RIDES

MOBS ATTACK FREEDOM RIDERS IN VARIOUS SOUTHERN CITIES

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI DESEGREGATED OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI

THE BIRMINGHAM CAMPAIGN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

MEDGAR EVERS MURDERED JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

MARCH ON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C.

BOMBING OF 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

“BLOODY SUNDAY” ON THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE SELMA, ALABAMA

VOTING RIGHTS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ASSASSINATED MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

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