Timeline

Question 1

1948

Answer 1

Executive Order 9981 – Desegregated the U.S. military.

Question 2

1954

Answer 2

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 3

1955-56

Answer 3

Montgomery Bus Boycott – Protest led by Rosa Parks’ arrest, resulting in desegregation of Montgomery buses.

Question 4

1957

Answer 4

Desegregation at Little Rock

Question 5

1960

Answer 5

Sit-in Campaign

Question 6

1961

Answer 6

Freedom Rides – Civil Rights activists challenged segregation on interstate buses.

Question 7

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 7

1896

Question 8

1963

Answer 8

Birmingham - 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing – 4 African American girls killed by KKK,
March on Washington – Over 250,000 people, 70,000 whites

Question 9

1964

Answer 9

Civil Rights Act – Banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Question 10

1965

Answer 10

Selma/Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Act – Outlawed literacy tests and other barriers to voting.

Question 11

1968

Answer 11

Fair Housing Act – Banned discrimination in housing based on race, religion, or national origin.