Civil Rights Timeline

May 17, 1954:  The U.S supreme court states that Segregation in public schools goes against Constitution

December 1, 1955: Rosa Park refuses to give up her seat in the front of the bus to a white man. This started a boycot

September 25, 1957: The President sends federal troops to Arkansas to stop segregation

February 1, 1960: Four black college students protest by sitting at white lunch counter

June 11, 1961: President Kennedy gives a speech about civil rights which shows federal support.

1962: The United Farm Workers Union
, under the leadership of Cesar Chavez, organizes to win bargaining power for Mexican Americans.

1962: James Meredith becomes first African American student admitted to the University of Mississippi.

April 3, 1963: The Birmingham protests begin

August 28, 1963: 250,000 people march for freedom led my MLK Jr and MLK Jr gives his famous "I have a dream speech".

July 2, 1964: The Civil Rights act is signed by President Johnson

August 6, 1965: The voting rights act of 1965 is passed.

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated.