The American Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 · HistoryView
Society & Everyday Life
The American Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
The campaign to end legal segregation and secure voting rights for Black Americans. Follows the key court rulings, protests, leaders and laws from Brown v. Board to the Fair Housing Act.
SWby Samuel Whitfield · 4 tracks · 16 events
19541954 – 1968
Courts and LegislationCampaigns and Direct ActionLeaders and Turning Points
1954
1955
1955
1957
Little Rock showed federal troops could enforce school integration. The next big wave of protest came in 1960 with student sit-ins.
2 years · AI-written context
1960
1961
2 years
1963 – 1963
3 events, back to back
1964
1964
1964
1965
1965
Three years after the Voting Rights Act, King was assassinated in April 1968, and the Fair Housing Act was signed a week later.
3 years · AI-written context
1968
1968
decade view
195316 of 16 events · viewing 1951 – 1952 · Fit for all of 1954 – 19691969
