- 1945
- World War II ends
- December 1, 1955
- Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
- April 17, 1960
- SNCC is formed at Shaw University
- September 15, 1963
- 16th Street Church bombing
- March 25, 1965
- Selma-to-Montgomery March
- May 17, 1954
- Brown v. Board of Education
- February 1, 1960
- Woolworth’s sit-in in Greensboro, NC
- August 28, 1963
- March on Washington D.C.
- July 2, 1964
- Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
- August 10, 1965
- Johnson signs Voting Rights Act