A civil rights movement timeline, 1954 1969

A Civil Rights Movement Timeline, 1954-1969 Created by the 5 th -grade Library Class at Webster Christian School

1954 1955 1968 1965 1964 1963 1956 1961 1957 Rosa Parks arrested School segregation illegal Montgomery Bus Boycott 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 Selma MLK shot Civil Rights Act passed Voting Rights Act Birmingham church bombing 

School Segregation Illegal, 1954 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg By Rmhermen at en.wikipedia (photo by rmhermen) [GFDL (<A class="external free" href= http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html rel=nofollow>http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</A>) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ )], via Wikimedia Commons from Wikimedia Commons

Little Rock Nine, 1957 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], 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

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