African American History

By platt student 1234
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    African American

  • Beginning of Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamtion

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation freeing all enslaved people in the USA.

  • End of Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

  • Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia

  • Jackie Robinson enrolls in UCLA

  • Jackie Robinson joins the US Army

  • Jackie Robinson joins the Negro baseball league and plays for the Kansas City Monarchs

  • Jackie Robinson meets with Branch Rickey and agrees to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers orginization

  • Jackie Robinson signs a contract with the Montreal Royals

    Jackie recieved a $3,500 bonus with $600 dolars per month

  • Jackie Robinson has his Major League debut on the Brooklyn Dodgers

  • Jackie is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown

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