Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was a time between 1954 and 1965 where blacks were finally fighting back to get the rights they had deserved after all these years. It all started when in 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. After this happened the Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred along with the introduction of the idea of sit-ins. After the non-violent tries at black rights failed, violence became the next answer. Many African Americans were injured and killed in these protests and attempts.

For a complete time line of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to today go to:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html