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