1960 Civil Rights Movement Timeline. The 13th amendment, abolishing slavery, is ratified. ( 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.

A time for justice click here for a poster version of this timeline with a bonus lesson. This act did not introduce a new law but was aimed at strengthening and covering loopholes in the civil rights act of 1957. 80 rows chicano movement in washington state project;