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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut in front of 26,623 fans at Ebbets field. -
brown v. board of education supreme court ruling
State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till is murdered
august 1955 two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till , a 14 year old boy for whistling at a white women -
Little Rock Nine Intervention
nine teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in battle for civil rights for all Americans -
Greensboro Sit-In Protest
four people that were African american sat where African Americans are not allowed to sit. -
The Birmingham Children’s March
a march by over 5,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–10, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. -
George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door”
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963, to stop the enrollment of African-American students Vivan Malone and James Hood. -
freedom summer
the Freedom Summer Project or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
Black Panther Party is formed
its members confronted politicians , challenged police ,and protected black citizens from brutality. -
The Selma Marches / Bloody Sunday
three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery