Timeline
The timeline below lists the major events that we are studying this semester. You should know the dates and events outlined here. The links will open the relevant page from the PBS's online resource "The Story of the Movement."
| Year | Month | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision | |
| 1955 | Emmett Till's Murder | |
| 1955-56 | The Montgomery Bus Boycott | |
| 1957-62 | Southern School Desegregation | |
| 1960 | Non-Violent Protests, including sit-ins | |
| 1961 | The Freedom Rides | |
| 1962 | Albany and SCLC failure | |
| 1963 | May | Project "C" in Birmingham |
| 1963 | August | The March on Washington |
| 1963 | Sept. | 16th Baptist Church bombing |
| 1963 | Nov. | John F. Kennedy assassinated |
| 1964 | Freedom Summer | |
| 1964-65 | Malcolm X breaks with Nation of Islam, assassinated | |
| 1965 | The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL | |
| 1966 | Chicago Freedom Movement | |
| 1967 | Riots in Detroit | |
| 1967 | Carl Stokes elected mayor of Cleveland | |
| 1968 | Poor People's Campaign, MLK assassinated | |
| 1968 | Howard University student sit-in | |
| 1969 | The Black Panther Party named #1 threat by FBI |