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Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball. -
The US Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional -
Emmett Till, a fourteen year old Black boy, was murdered for allegedly flirting with a White woman. -
Black customers refused to ride the bus in Montgomery after bus owners would not end segregation. -
Nine Black students enrolled in an all White school in Little Rock. -
A peaceful protest by Black customers at a Woolworth in Greensboro. They were denied service at the segregated counter, however, they refused to leave -
Over 1,000 students march to downtown Birmingham to speak to the mayor about segregation. -
George Wallace stood in front of a university door in order to block Black students from entering. -
A famous speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington. He called for equal rights for everyone, and told of how he dreamed everyone could be the same and get along. -
A White supremacy bombing on a Baptist church in Birmingham. -
A protest from Selma to Montgomery to make sure Black Americans were able to exercise their right to vote. -
Prohibited racial discrimination in voting -
A Marxist-Leninist Black Power political organization. -
The Supreme Court ruled the banning of interracial marriage was unconstitutional. -
MLK was shot while standing on a balcony outside his room.