Civil Rights Movement

Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball

1947

Jackie Robinson entered the Majors in 1947, when he was 28 years old. He broke the long lasting white dominated sport, He hit 137 HR's and was a great hitter. He played first and second base.

Executive Order 9981 signed by President Truman

1948

This Executive Order 9981 states that, "There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." This abolished racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and this led to the end of segregation in the services.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against the racial segregation on the public transportation system in Montgomery, Alabama.

Emmett Till

1955

Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who had been lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after he was accused of offending a woman of the white race in her family's grocery store.

Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed

1957

This bill is passed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, This bill prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Little Rock Nine Intervention

1957

At this time there was a group of African American students (9) who tried to enroll at the Little Rock High school, They were later prevented from being enrolled at the school due to Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas

Greensboro Sit-In Protest

1960

This was a civil rights protest where young African American students organized a sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Integration of Ole Miss Riots

1962

At this time at the University of Mississippi in Oxford people were protesting against a an African American Air Force veteran who had been trying to be enrolled at the school, this mans name was James Meredith.

The Birmingham Children’s March

1963

This was a march of over a thousand school students, in which they marched downtown to the mayor to talk to him about segregation, of which was happening at the time of 1963 in Birmingham Alabama.

March on Washington / I Have a Dream Speech

1963

This was Martin Luther King's famous and most iconic speech that I believe to have ever been delivered. During this speech Martin Luther King was calling for freedom and to treat man as one another and not differently, and that all man was created equal and so shall they be treated equally.

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

1963

This was a white supremacist bombing of the 16th street baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, on a Sunday.

Freedom Summer

1964

This was a volunteer camp in Mississippi in 1964 of which they had tried to get as many African Americans to register as voters as possible

Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed

1964

This forbid the discrimination on the basis of your sex, race, color, this also meant in hiring, firing, promoting either.

The Selma Marches

1965

The Selma Marches were three marches of which they marched down a 54 mile highway in Selma, Alabama, all the way to the state capital of Montgomery.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

1965

This law outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that had been adopted by many southern states after the civil war, this also included the ban of literacy tests and anything that is required as a voter to keep blacks from voting.