Create a timeline for every major event involved in the struggle for African-American civil rights. Include answers to all questions for all events. This can be simply written or put into a more artistic timeline.

Boston Busing

Brown v Board of Education

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Congress of Racial Equality is formed

Desegregation of the military

Formation of the NAACP

The Freedom Riders

Freedom Summer

Little Rock Nine

Malcolm X begins leading the Nation of Islam

Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream” Speech

Martin Luther King’s assassination

Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Murder of Emmitt Till

Plessy v Ferguson

Race Riots in Watts and other cities

Rodney King Trial

Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is formed

The Strategy of Sit-Ins

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

What is it? (One sentence)

When did it happen? (Placed on your timeline)

Who was involved? (Name major groups and leaders)

Where did it happen?

Name one major cause.

Name one major effect.