Research the events in U. S. civil rights history. You may start from the Civil Rights Act and work backwards, or you may select a point in time from which to start and work forward through the development of the Civil Rights movement. Select eight events that had a significant impact on the advancement of civil rights.
Order those events on a timeline, providing either specific dates or a time frame in which the event happened.
Refer to your research again to write a description of the event that will support its placement on your timeline. You must use at least four different sources in your timeline descriptions. Your description statements should help your reader understand the effect of the event or explain how the event caused other events that led up to the Civil Rights Act.
Provide a parenthetical citation to give credit for direct quotations or paraphrased material used in your descriptions.
Provide a references list to organize the sources that you used in your timeline.