TIMELINE

1941
  • A. Philip Randolph proposes march on Washington

  • Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802

1942
  • Double V Campaign launched

  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded

1947
  • “To Secure These Rights” published

  • Jackie Robinson integrates major league baseball

  • Mendez v. Westminster School District

1948
  • States’ Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats) founded

1954
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

1955
  • Emmett Till murdered (August)

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (December)

1956
  • Southern Manifesto issued against Brown ruling

1957
  • Integration of Little Rock High School

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded

1960
  • Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins (February)

  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) founded

1961
  • Freedom Rides (May)

1963
  • Demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

1964
  • Civil Rights Act passed by Congress

  • Freedom Summer

1965
  • Voting Rights Act passed by Congress

  • Malcolm X assassinated (February 21)

  • Riot in Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles (August)

1966
  • Black Panther Party founded

1967
  • Riots in Detroit and Newark

1968
  • Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated (April 4)

1969
  • Young Lords founded

  • Occupation of Alcatraz

1972
  • National Black Political Convention

  • “Trail of Broken Treaties” protest