> CHRONOLOGY

1960

  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) founded.

1961

  • Freedom Rides challenge segregation.

1963

  • March on Washington draws 250,000 participants.

1964

  • Civil Rights Act passes.

  • Mississippi Freedom Summer Project conducts voter drives.

1965

  • Voting Rights Act enacted.

1965–1968

  • Riots erupt in major cities.

1966

  • Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded.

1968

  • Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.