Monday, April 27th - Wednesday, April 29th

Civil Rights Movement - Timeline
You will be researching 15 events (see below for events) from the Civil Rights Movement and make a timeline. You will be asked to look at 5 different events on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Although this assignment is broken into 3 days you are only submitting one Timeline (Due Wednesday evening). You may do this on a word document, PowerPoint or handwritten with an uploaded image.  


For each event please complete the following:

• Date/Year of event
• Brief explanation of event
• Impact to the Civil Rights Movement

Monday

1. The Brown v. Board of Education decision
2. The Murder of Emmett Till 
3. Army Desegregation
4. Civil Rights Act of 1964
5. Integration at Central H.S. (Little Rock 9)

Tuesday

1. Freedom Rides
2. Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in
3. March on Washington
4. Montgomery Bus Boycott
5. Voting Rights Act of 1965

Wednesday

1. Formation of SCLC and SNCC
2. Watts Riots
3. The Kerner Commission
4. Formation of the Black Panther Party
5. Civil Rights Act of 1968