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Jackie Robinson joking the MLB
Jackie Robinson was the First ever Black Person to ever Join Major league baseball. He was a very great player that had to play through hatred and was mistreated terribly just because he is black. He was one of the greats not just for his courage but also being the Rookie of the year, The national league MVP, The NL batting champion, a world series Champion, a six-time All-star and twice led the ledge in stolen bases. He changed baseball forever. -
Emmett till murdering
Emmett was a 14 year old kid that was living in Mississippi, and apparently had whistled at a white women at her shop then was reported that he was beaten, shot , and found in the Tallahachtie River. -
Rosa Parks arrest
Rosa Parks arrest will go down as one of those most important things in history. She had gotten on the bus and sat down and she was then placed under arrest because she did not give her seat up to a white man. Civil rights leader E.D Nixon then bailed her out. This started the Civil rights movement to gain change and get what is right. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 381 day protest that took place in Montgomery Alabama. This protest was started for the reason of the segregation taking place on the city busses. This led to the supreme court ruling that it was unconstitutional and fought and got what they wanted. -
Civil rights Act
The civil rights Act is one of the first major civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction Era. This act was implanted to protect Black Americans from the denied right of voting -
I have a dream speech
The I have a dream speech was a speech that was Delivered by Martin Luther King Jr and this speech will go down as one of the most important events in history, with change forever. The speech was delivered to show African Americans will be free and have independence and Everyone be equal. -
The 16th street Baptist church bombing.
This Church bombing took place in Birmingham, Alabama. This bombing was done by a white supremacy group Also known as the KKK. This bombing took the life of 4 innocent African American little girls . -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 created a lot of new things. One of them being Prohibiting discrimination in public places. It also provided the integration of schools and other public facilities it also made employment discrimination illegal.