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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
At Ebbets field Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut in front of 26,623 fans. By the end of the game his team won against the Boston Braves. -
Executive Order 9981 signed by president Truman
President Harry Truman Sign the Executive Order 9981 which created the presidents committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Then they mandated desegregation of the .U.S. Military. -
Emmett Till is murdered
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was found dead in a river after allegedly he flirted with a white woman and her husband came home. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
In Montgomery Alabama a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white man. She was later charged with disorderly conduct. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest against the racial segregation on the public transit in Montgomery, Alabama which was a foundation of what started the civil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine Intervention
President Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened in Little Rock, Arkansas, sending federal troops from the 101st Airborne Division to enforce desegregation at Central High School, after Governor Orval Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to block the entry of nine African American students, known as the "Little Rock Nine". -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the civil rights act which was a large step for the government and the people. -
Integration of Ole Miss Riots
the integration of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) sparked violent riots as James Meredith, the first Black student, attempted to enroll, resulting in two deaths, hundreds of injuries, and the deployment of federal troops to quell the unrest. -
The Birmingham Children's March
More than one thousand students skipped classes and gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church to march to downtown Birmingham, Alabama. As they approached police lines, hundreds were arrested and carried off to jail in paddy wagons and school buses. -
March on Washington / I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States, delivered to an estimated 250,000 people. -
Freedom Summer
A campaign launched by civil rights activists to register as many African American voters as possible. -
The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South.