But the civil rights movement had made important progress, and change was on the way. Progress and Protests: 1954-1960 In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. read more
Technically Abraham Lincoln was not assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement. Yes, he did try to stop slavery, but the Civil Rights Movement was through the 1950's into the 1960's.. John F. Kennedy is the president assassinated while in a Convertable during a motorcade by Lee Harvy Oswald. read more
The fourteenth amendment was adopted in 1868, during the presidency of Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869. This was also the period of the earliest civil rights movement. Unfortunately, Johnson's vicious racism helped quell any efforts to provide real equality for blacks. read more