Civil Rights Era

By Tonyboy1996
  • Jacie Robinson

    Jacie Robinson

    First african american pro baseball player.

  • Equal Treatment

    Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."

  • Four little girls die.

    Four young girls attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings.
  • Brown Vs Board of Education

    Brown Vs Board of Education

    When they Found segeration in schools unconstitional.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on the bus.

  • Little Rock

    Had the whites and the blacks in the same school.
  • First Black Student

    First Black Student

    James meredith was the first black to enroll in the unviserty of missippi.

  • Jailed

    Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham.

  • His speech

    200,000 people marched to hear martin luther kings famous speech, "I have a dream"
  • Martin Luther King shot

    Martin Luther King shot

    Martin luther king was shot and killed by a racist named James earl Ray