Search results with tag "Civil rights movement timeline"

Civil Rights Movement – Timeline 1860: 1863: 1865

Civil Rights Movement – Timeline . 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected President, signaling the secession of Southern states. ... African-American civil rights activist is jailed for refusing to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus. A boycott follows, and the ... Negro History Week becomes Black History Month. 1. 977: The KKK ringleader ...

  American, 6801, Rights, History, African, Civil, Timeline, Movement, Civil rights movement timeline 1860, Civil rights movement timeline