| A | B |
|---|
| 1955 – Rosa Parks | Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Rev. MLK Jr |
| 1956 | Southern Manifesto urges to resist the desegregation, three southern congressman did not sign it (including LBJ) |
| Fall, 1957 | Little Rock Central High School |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 | Strom Thurmond filibuster; Passed but too weak1st piece of CR legislation since Reconstruction |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 2 | 1st piece of CR legislation since Reconstruction |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 3 | Created National Civil Rights Comission |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 4 | Empowered Justice Dept to ensure that blacks could vote |
| 1960 | Sit-ins in Greensborough, NC |
| 1961 | Freedom Rides; organized by CORE, traveled from N on busses; test SC decision–angry protesters didn’t like |
| 1962 | James Meredith enrolled @ Univ of MS–JFK sent 5,000 troops to protect |
| April 16, 1963 | Letter from Birmingham Jail |
| June 1963 | Gov. Wallace stops desegregation of the University of Alabama |
| August 28, 1963 | March on WA, 20,000 + B&W gather before Lincoln Memorial for speeches (including King’s “I Have a Dream) and protest racial injustice |
| September 1963 | Bombing of Birmingham church 4 black girls killed by bomb |
| January, 1964 | outlaw Poll tax with 24th amendment |
| July, 1964 | Civil Rights Act is passed |
| Summer 1964 Mississippi Summer Freedom Protest | Civil Rights workers seek to register blacks to vote – 3 get killed |
