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Jackie Robinson
first black man to play for the MLB. Led the Dodgers to a world series title. -
Executive Order 9981
Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States military in signed into effect by President Harry S. Truman -
Korean War
The start to the Korean war of 3 years. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional. -
Emmit Till murdered
Emmett Till was kidnapped and killed in Mississippi while visiting his great uncle. This event sparked the Civil Rights Movement. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, prompting the boycott and NAACP protect that would lead to the declaration that bus segregation laws were unconstitutional by a federal court. -
Desegregation
One hundred and one congressmen from Southern states call for massive resistance to the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation -
SCLC Estabished
A civil rights group, lead by Martin Luther King Junior. -
Book Written
Play/Book based on the 50's