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Events on Civil Rights
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Robinson becauses the first black to play major league baseball
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President Truman issues executive order requiring integrated units in the armed forces
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Its a event that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
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African American woman Rosa Parks's gets arrested after she refuses to move to the back of a bus as the law requires causes a citywide boycott of the bus system
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After Little Rock school board votes to integrate schools, National Guard troops prevent black children from attending school. 1000 federal paratroopers are needed to escort black students and preserve peace
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The local restaurants that refuse to serve African American customers who come in for lunch.