Civil Rights Timeline

His death in 1955 brought national attention to racism in the south.

• JFK

• Emmett Till

• MLK Jr

• Malcom X

This lady refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus leading to the bus boycott.

• Rosa Parks
• Amelia Earhart
• Susan B. Anthony
• Harriet Tubman

September 4, 1957

• Little Rock 9

• Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

• Lunch Counter Sit-ins

Throughout 1961, Black and white activists, took bus trips through the American South to protest segregated bus terminals and attempted to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters. What are these called?

• Segregationist

• Freedom Seekers

• Freedom Riders

• ACLU

What governor stood on the steps to try and stop black students from attending the University of Alabama?

• George Wallace
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy

August 28, 1963: Approximately 250,000 people take part in the?

• March on Washington for Racial Justice
• March on Washington for Civil Rights
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
• March on Washington for Equality

What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• George W. Bush
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy

This US President issued an executive order to integrate the US Millitary

• Eisenhower

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Trump

Civil Rights Leader and Baptist Minister

• Malcolm X
• Nelson Mandela
• Abraham Lincoln
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights leader and member of the Nation of Islam

• Nelson Mandela
• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks