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This is a civil rights timeline

Created by gilbertdiaz720 on Apr 14, 2011

Last updated: 04/15/11 at 05:47 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Apr 14, 2011 4:46 AM

• Montgomery Bus Boycott
  Jun 29, 1998

  It was a time that the blacks stood up to the whites and said no to taking riding to the bus. They walked everywhere they needed to go to change segregation upon the busses

• Black Panthers
  Nov 15, 1981

  A group of black males that carriered around firearms and observed cops.

• Death of Dr. King
  Apr 4, 1968

  Dr. King was an amazing guy who contributed to the civil rights movement by Leading rallys and telling people to remain non- violent.

• Carl Strokes
  Jan 1, 1968

  He was the first black mayor. It showed black people in the movement that anything is possible.

• Voting Rights Act
  1965

  Allows people to vote without segregation.

• March on Washington
  1963

  Dr. King gave his famous inspirational speech! " I HAVE A DREAM" it was so moving it gave blacks inspiration to keep moving foward

• Creation of SNCC
  1962

  The SNCC stands for The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Freedm Rides
  May 4, 1961

  It was a huge cntruibution to the the civil rights movement. It was when blacks said they would not put up with it no more. A whole bunch of colored people rode on a bus Washington D.C. to Mississippi

• Sit- ins
  1960

  This was when colored people all sat in a white person resevered seating. It showed whites that blacks were not putting up with their abuse.

• Little Rock 9
  1957

  9 black sudents that faced trouble while trying to attend a white school. This really showed segregation and it gave motivation towards the movement.

• Emmett Till
  1955

  He was a 14 year old black male murdered by two white males. He had talked bad about a white female so he was punished because of it.

• Dr Kings Birth
  Jan 15, 1929

  Dr. King was an inspirational leader during the Civil Rights Movement

• Malcolm X
  May 19, 1925

  A Civil Rights Leader who was very inspirational and had a big impact on the mvement

• Rosa Parks Birth
  Feb 4, 1913

  Rosa Parks was an amazing women who refused to get up due to the color of her skin.

• Creation of NAACP
  1909

  NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was created as an African-American civil rights organization in the United States