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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to enter the MLB he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers being the first African American on the team he also broke the color barrier. -
Executive order 9981 signed by President Truman
This mandated equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services, regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin, and also effectively desegregating the United States Military. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks is an historical figure who signaled the start of the bus boycott she was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not giving up her seat on the bus for a White person because during that time African Americans were expected to give up their seat. This also was around the start of the civil rights movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This boycott was to protest against racial segregation happening in the public transport system, it lasted 381 days and ended when the supreme court ruled that racial segregation on public transport was against the 14th amendment.