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1930 - 1960 (4C Group 1)
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Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball
Jackie Robinson was signed to the brooklyn dodgers. All the players on the other team hated him. He won his MVP award before the civil rights movement. -
Executive Order 8802
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802, banning racial discrimination in federal hiring for war-related work. -
Congress Of Racial Equality
In Chicago, James Farmer and other activists committted to nonviolent direct action establish the interracial Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) -
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981
President Harry S. Truman issues Executive Order 9981, desegregating the United States Armed Forces. -
Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas
Supreme Court rules unanimously against school segregation, overturning its 1896 decision of "separate but equal" -
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC) FOUNDED
Martin Luther King Jr. and other clergy establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to work for full equality for African Americans. -
Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win a title
Althea Gibson becomes the first African American tennis player to win a major title by winning both the women’s singles and doubles championships at Wimbledon. -
Little Rock Crisis
Arkansas to enforce fedral court-orded integration at Little Rock's Central High School.F -
INTEGRATION OF OLE MISS
James Meredith enrolls as the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. A night of rioting and violence follows despite the presence of US marshals on campus. President Kennedy orders federal troops to the University. Find out more. -
4 African American college students hold a sit-in
Four African American college students hold a sit - in to integrate a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro NC launching a wave of similar protests across the south
