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Executive Order 9981
An order issued by President Truman, abolishing discrimination of race, color, religion, or national origin. This was a major step forward in the Civil Rights movement. -
Jackie Robinson joins MLB
Jackie Robinson was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball. This was a big deal because baseball was seen as the "white man's sport", and had strict policies regarding race and color. -
Rosa Parks gets arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was a common practice for the time, but Rosa Parks decided to not obey in protest, this opened the door for other people to stand up and fight for what is right. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks stands up for herself by refusing to give up her seat, a boycott is organized, African American people would not ride public transportation in Montgomery Alabama until this crude law is changed for the better. This boycott would carry out for a long 13 months before the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public transport was unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was accused of offending a white woman who went by Carolyn Bryant. For this, he was kidnapped, beaten, shot, one eye gouged out, and a metal fan wrapped in barbwire was tied around his neck. his body was then thrown into the Tallahatchie River. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress. This act was to protect black citizens from disenfranchisement and to increase black voters -
The Birmingham Children's March
A march of 1,000 school students, the goal was to march downtown to talk to the mayor about the segregation in the city of Birmingham -
Freedom Summer
Hundreds of college students came and flooded the streets of Mississippi. Students of different ethnicities, colleges, and even different Civil Rights groups came to all send one message, that black voting needed to go up.