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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he stepped into Ebbets Field to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers -
Brown V. Board of Education
This court case is considered to be one of the most important civil rights cases. The case was over the segregation of public schools. The ruling was that it is unconstitutional for public schools to be segregated. The importance of the case is that this later lead to all public places being equal and segregation based on any reason being demeaned unconstitutional -
Death of Emmett Till
Emmett was a 14-year-old African American boy who was beaten and then shot in the head by two men who had no evidence or reason for doing so. The reason they did so is that a local shopkeep said the boy came in and flirted with her. The court case for Emmett Till resulted in an unfair trial where the dubbed the two men not guilty though they had no evidence or proof. Two men allowing to go free after they beat and shot a 14-year-old boy is still gut-wrenching to me -
Montgomery Bus Boycott starts
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started on December 5th, 1955, right after Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on the bus to a white man. The Boycott was considered the first major event in the civil rights movement. African Americans participated in the boycott by refusing to take the bus anywhere most walked but some even started there own taxi service -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
passed on September 9, 1957, was an act that established and civil rights branch in the justice system. It allowed for officials to prosecute anyone who went against peoples right to vote -
The March on Washington begins and Dr.King gives his famous speech
The March on Washington was a march through Washington for Jobs and for the freedoms of the African American people. The event is probably the most famous civil rights event because Dr. King gave his famous I have a dream speech where he talked about his hope for the future of black people in his nation -
Freedom Summer
A campaign that lasted the summer with the purpose of registering as many African American voters -
civil rights act of 1964 is passed
A law that made it illegal to discriminate against anyone based on color, religion, national background, or race. Considered to be one of if the biggest law of the civil rights movement -
The Selma Marches begin
The Selma Marches were a series of marches with the purpose of registering black voters in the south. It was a 54-mile march from Selma to the Alabama state capital of Montgomery. Some marchers were met with violent forces from white locals -
The Black Panthers are formed
The Black Panthers were formed to fight for black rights in the North because many people were suffering from poverty and violence from police and the assassination of Malcolm X lead to the party's formation. The Party fought to protect the African American people. -
The assination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr.King was one if not the most influential civil rights activist of his time between giving speeches, participating in marches, talking to the president directly and being at multiple civil rights bill signings. The FBI tried to Blackmail Dr.King into committing suicide because he had affair, and they really didn't like him, however Dr.King did not succumb to their blackmail. Dr.King was later assassinated on April 4th, 1968 by James Eral Ray, his death caused Riots in 130 cities.
