The Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968 Timeline

Presidents

Truman

1950 - 1953

Eisenhower

1953 - 1961

Kennedy

1961 - 1963

Johnson

1963 - 1968

Presidential Action

CGCC Set Up

1951

Civil Rights Act

1957

Federal Intervention at Little Rock

1957

Civil Rights Act

1960

Federal Intervention on the Freedom Rides

1961

Intervenes at the Battle of 'Ole Miss

1962

Civil Rights Bill

1963

Civil Rights Act

1964

Voting Rights Act

1965

Fair Housing Act

1968

Non-Violent Campaigns

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1956

Little Rock

1957

March on Washington

1957

Greensboro Sit-ins

1960

Albany Movement

1961 - 1962

Freedom Movement in Mississippi

1961 - 1964

Freedom Rides

1961

Battle of 'Ole Miss

1962

Birmingham

1963

March on Washington

1963

Mississippi Freedom Summer

1964

St. Augustine, Florida

1964

Selma, Alabama

1965

Chicago Campaign

1966

Meredith March

1966

Poor People's Campaign

1968

Supreme Court Rulings

Henderson V. U.S.

1950

Mclaurin V. Oklahoma

1950

Sweatt V. Painter

1950

Brown Ruling

1954

Brown II

1955

Browder V. Gayle

1956

Cooper V. Aaron

1958

Boyton V. Virginia

1960

Southern Opposition

KKK Re-established

1954

White Citizens Councils Set Up

1954

Murder of Emmett Till

1955

Autherine Lucy

1956

Massive Resistance Campaign

1956 - 1959

Southern Manifesto

1956

Freedom Riders Attacked (Birmingham esp.)

1961

16th Street baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham

1963

Medgar Evers Murdered

1963

Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman Murdered

1964

Murder of Violet Liuzzo

1965

MLK Assassinated

1968

Black Radicalism

Malcolm X released From Prison

1952

"Hate That Hate Produced" Released

1959

Harlem Riots

1964

Malcolm X Leaves NOI

1964

Malcolm X Sets Up OAAU

1964

Muhammad Ali Joins NOI

1964

Riots in Major Northern Cities

1964 - 1968

Floyd McKissick Becomes CORE Leader

1965

Malcolm X Assassinated

1965

Watts Riots

1965

Black Panthers Established

1966

Chicago Riots

1966

Patrol the Pigs Campaign

1966

SNCC Vote to Expel Whites

1966

Stokely Carmichael Leader of SNCC

1966 - 1967

Rap Brown Leader of SNCC

1967 - 1968

Battle of 28th Street in Oakland

1968

Mexico City Olympics

1968

Riots Following MLK's Assassination

1968

SNCC Merges With Black Panthers

1968 - 1969

Whites Excluded From CORE

1968

The Civil Rights Movement 1950-1968

Presidents

Truman

Eisenhower

Kennedy

Johnson

Presidential Action

CGCC Set Up

Civil Rights Act

Federal Intervention at Little Rock

Civil Rights Act

Federal Intervention on the Freedom Rides

Intervenes at the Battle of 'Ole Miss

Civil Rights Bill

Civil Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Fair Housing Act

Non-Violent Campaigns

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Little Rock

March on Washington

Greensboro Sit-ins

Albany Movement

Freedom Movement in Mississippi

Freedom Rides

Battle of 'Ole Miss

Birmingham

March on Washington

Mississippi Freedom Summer

St. Augustine, Florida

Selma, Alabama

Chicago Campaign

Meredith March

Poor People's Campaign

Supreme Court Rulings

Henderson V. U.S.

Mclaurin V. Oklahoma

Sweatt V. Painter

Brown Ruling

Brown II

Browder V. Gayle

Cooper V. Aaron

Boyton V. Virginia

Southern Opposition

KKK Re-established

White Citizens Councils Set Up

Murder of Emmett Till

Autherine Lucy

Massive Resistance Campaign

Southern Manifesto

Freedom Riders Attacked (Birmingham esp.)

16th Street baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham

Medgar Evers Murdered

Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman Murdered

Murder of Violet Liuzzo

MLK Assassinated

Black Radicalism

Malcolm X released From Prison

"Hate That Hate Produced" Released

Harlem Riots

Malcolm X Leaves NOI

Malcolm X Sets Up OAAU

Muhammad Ali Joins NOI

Riots in Major Northern Cities

Floyd McKissick Becomes CORE Leader

Malcolm X Assassinated

Watts Riots

Black Panthers Established

Chicago Riots

Patrol the Pigs Campaign

SNCC Vote to Expel Whites

Stokely Carmichael Leader of SNCC

Rap Brown Leader of SNCC

Battle of 28th Street in Oakland

Mexico City Olympics

Riots Following MLK's Assassination

SNCC Merges With Black Panthers

Whites Excluded From CORE

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