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A New Baseball Player
The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to their team. He was the first African American since 1889 to play major league baseball. -
A President's Decision
President Harry Truman was embarrassed by what people around the world said, so he ordered an end to segregation in the military. -
Ruling Against Segregation
The Supreme Court ruled against segregation in schools. That was the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. -
The Fight On The Bus
Rosa Parks was a loyal member of the NAACP chapter in Montgomery, Alabama. She got on a city bus and sat down, but was told to give her seat to a white man. She said no and was arrested. -
Montgomery Buses Are Finally Made Equal
The US Supreme Court ruled that the Montgomery buses had to desegregate. The African Americans of Montgomery went back to riding the buses. -
Martin Leads The Pack
Martin Luther King Jr. and others formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or SCLC. This group fought segregation. -
The True Rebel Alliance
Nine African American teenagers tried to enter an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
