Civil Rights Events

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    Cilvil Rights

    Events on Civil Rights

  • Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers

    Robinson becauses the first black to play major league baseball

  • Armed forces integrated

    President Truman issues executive order requiring integrated units in the armed forces

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Its a event that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycotts

    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

  • Little Rock Central High School desegregated

    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

  • Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

    The local restaurants that refuse to serve African American customers who come in for lunch.