A Civil Rights Timeline
1947
First Freedom Ride organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
1954
U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling.
1955
Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as required by city ordinance and is arrested. A boycott follows and bus segregation ordinance is declared unconstitutional. Federal Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation on interstate trains and buses.
1956
Coalition of Southern congressmen calls for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings.
1947
First Freedom Ride organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
1954
U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling.
1955
Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as required by city ordinance and is arrested. A boycott follows and bus segregation ordinance is declared unconstitutional. Federal Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation on interstate trains and buses.
1956
Coalition of Southern congressmen calls for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings.
