CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE By Mii Mania! 1947 1947- the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson. He was the first African american to play baseball since 1889 1948 President Harry Truman orders an end to military segregation 1954 Supreme court rules against school segregation 1955 Rosa Parks doesn't give up her seat to a white man and gets arrested 1956 Supreme court rules that busses cannot be segregated 1957 The SCLC is formed SCLC Stand for southern christian leadership conference 2005 Rosa Parks Dies