1960S Civil Rights Timeline. The civil rights movement was an organized effort by black americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law. ( birmingham, ala.) four young girls (denise mcnair, cynthia wesley, carole robertson, and addie mae collins) attending sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the sixteenth street baptist church, a popular location for civil rights meetings.
1960, the sclc, naacp, and the congress of racial equality (core) were. There were civil rights to be won and legislation that would assist. For 13 months after the arrest of rosa parks for breaking segregation laws.
