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Warriors Don't Cry and U.S. Timeline
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802 (U.S. 1)
Executive Order 8802 prevented discrimination in the national defense industry. -
Melba is born (WDC 1)
Melba is born on Pearl Harbor day. -
President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9981 (U.S. 2)
Executive Order 9981 ended segregation in the armed forces. -
Brown v. Board of Education (U.S. 3 and WDC 2)
This was the day that the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to have separate schools for black and white students. -
Emmett Till was killed (U.S. 4)
The lynching of 14 year-old Emmett Till opened the eyes of many people to how bad segregation and racism was. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat (U.S. 5 and WDC 3)
When Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat, she was arrested. This kick-started the Montgomery bus boycott. For Melba, she realizes after this event that integrating will be a lot harder than she thought. -
NAACP files suit demanding that schools integrate (WDC 4)
This event allowed Melba to integrate into Central High in the future. -
Melba's "first" day of school (WDC 5)
When Melba and her friends go to school on the first day, they can't get in because a mob of people and the national guardsmen are blocking the way. -
Dwight Eisenhower passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (U.S. 6)
This was the first time since the Reconstruction that the federal government took significant action to protect civil rights. -
Half the 101st Airborne leave Central High (WDC 10)
The government wanted to see how the 9 students would be able to handle less guards protecting them. -
Melba and her friends go to court (WDC 6)
This trial was to determine whether the Little Rock 9 could integrate Central High. It's decided that they can. -
The Little Rock 9 make it inside Central High (WDC 7)
Melba and her friends are finally able to make it inside on this day. They are able to make it through a few hours of school before it becomes too dangerous and the 9 have to leave. -
101st Airborne sent to Central High school (WDC 8)
At this point, integration becomes so dangerous that President Eisenhower sent all of the 101st Airborne to protect the Little Rock 9. -
Melba gets sprayed in the face with acid (WDC 9)
When Melba was walking down a hallway, a kid sprays acid in her face. Her bodyguard Danny was able to save her from going blind. -
Minnijean gets suspended (WDC 11)
After she accidentally spills chili on a student, Minnijean gets suspended. This riles up the segregationists who go around saying "One down, eight to go." -
Melba meets Link (WDC 12)
Melba learns of an attack planned on her from a boy named Link. At first she doesn't trust him, but she soon begins to. -
Minnijean gets expelled (WDC 13)
After she allegedly spilled soup on a student, Minnijean gets expelled. The segregationists now start trying to expel the other 8 students left. Minnijean then goes to a different school in New York. -
Ernest Green graduates Central High (WDC 14)
Ernest Green becomes the first African-American to ever graduate Central High. -
Melba's last day at Central High (WDC 15)
After a long and grueling time at Central High, Melba and her friends successfully make it through the school year. -
Four college students start a sit-in (U.S. 7)
Four African-American college students refused to leave a diner until they were served. This started a series of sit-ins in the future. -
Four girls begin integration into first grade at two different schools (U.S. 8)
Four young girls, one of them being Ruby Bridges, were chosen to integrate into two elementary schools in Louisiana, which were McDonogh 19 and William Frantz elementary school. -
March on Washington (U.S. 9)
The march was a protest to demand civil rights for African-Americans. Martin Luther King Jr's famous "I have a dream speech" was given here. -
The bombing of the 16th street Baptist church (U.S 10)
Also known as the Birmingham church bombing, the attack was an act of white supremacist terrorism. A bomb exploded before Sunday morning services, killing four people. -
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (U.S. 11)
John F. Kennedy helped avoid nuclear war with Russia and was a strong advocate for civil rights -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 was issued by President Lyndon Johnson (U.S 12)
This act was created to put an end to employment discrimination. -
Martin Luther King Jr. gets awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (U.S. 13)
Due to his efforts in the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Malcolm X is assassinated (U.S. 14)
Malcolm X was one of the leading forces in the Civil Rights movement. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most visible spokesman for the Civil Rights Movement.
