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Jackie Robinson Enters Major League Baseball
This is the first black person to play in major league baseball. -
Emmett Till is Murdered
This was when an innocent child was brutally murdered because he looked at a white man's wife in a store. The man was not charged with anything and got off for it all. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A passive boycott against bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine Intervention
This was when nine African Americans enrolled into a segregated school after the law was changed. The governor preceded to not allow this and break the law. -
Greensboro Sit-In
This was when African American students staged a sit-in at a diner. After being denied service they still stayed and sat down. -
Integration of Ole Miss Riots
This is when students at Harvard protested against a black air force veteran joining the all white school. -
The Birmingham Children's March
A movement to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Freedom Summer
An attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
The Selma Marches
This was when some of six-hundred civil rights marchers marched from Selma until interrupted by lawmen with billy clubs and tear gas. -
Black Panther Party is Formed
A civil rights club that taught self defense to African Americans against abusive white people.
