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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play Major league baseball. His first game was on this date -
Democratic National Convention
35 southern democrats walked out of the Democratic National Convention in protest of civil right issues -
Executive Order 9981
Harry S. Truman passes this order which Desegregated the military -
Brown v. Board of Education
On this date the supreme court ruled on the Brown v. Board of Education case, overturning separate but equal -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were enrolled in Little Rock High School. As a result of the Brown v Board Of Education Case -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was beaten to death because of something he said to a white woman. His murder and the photo of him sparked the civil rights movement -
Rosa Parks
On this day she refused to move to the back of a bus to make room for a white person. Which leads to the bus boycott -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. launches his courier as a civil right activist by helping to start and end the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Which was led to when Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This group was founded by Steele Shuttlesworth and King in order to promote the civil right movement in a nonviolent way -
The Lost Year
Orval Faubus closes the schools in Little Rock following their desegregation -
Greensboro sit-in
A group of African American college students sat it a lunch counter where there was a white only policy. They were nonviolent protesters -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Because of the success of the Greensboro sit-in this group was formed, with the idea of creating more events like that