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Jackie Robinson Drafted
The first african american drafted in a profession sport. The first thought of unsegregation. -
Supreme Court Decision
Brown v, Board of Education case, that was going since 1953, went all the way to the Supreme Court and on this day they decided segregation in schools was unequal -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white male and was arrested. Starts the boycott that lasted to December 20, 1965 -
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation
Nine African Americans were allowed to go to school in an all white high school and whites protested it. this group was called The Little Rock Nine. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
4 college African Americans sat in an all white lunch counter and was verbally and physically tortured for being there but later 19 movie students joined to take a stand. -
March on Washington
A quarter million people marched on a famous statue to show how change needs to happen with the leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
4 African American girls died in church when white racialist bombed their church which was a headquarter during the movement. -
Civil rights Act
The law that there couldn't be segregation in public places signed by Lyndon Johnson -
Voting Rights Act
A law signed by Lyndon Johnson that allowed all race to vote -
Dr.King Assassination
A high civil rights leader was killed at a hotel in Memphis,Tennessee, due to his efforts on helping by James Earl Ray.
