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Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court rules that state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities are now constitutional under the doctrine of "separate but equal". Beginning of Jim Crow laws. -
Jack Roosevelt Robinson is Born
Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, GA. -
Jack begins at UCLA
Jack became the first four-sport letterman in UCLA history -football (1939 and 1940), basketball (1940 and 1941), track and field (1940), and baseball (1940). -
Jack leaves UCLA
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Jack joins the army
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Army leader
Jack becomes a platoon leader in the army -
Jack refuses to move
Jack refuses to move to the back of a military bus at For Good, Tex., and is arrested.
https://www.militarytimes.com/video/2017/02/08/the-court-martial-of-jackie-robinson/ -
Court-martial begins
Court martial of Jack Robinson begins. Jack is found not guilty. -
Jack is honorably discharged from the army.
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Boston Red Sox Tryout
Jack, Sam Jethroe, and Marvin Williams go to a Boston Red Sox tryout at Fenway Park. Neither the manager nor the team shows up for the event. -
Jack joins the Kansas City Monarchs
The Kansas City Monarchs were an all-black baseball team, which were the only teams people would let Jackie join. -
Montreal Royals
Jack signs a contract with the Montreal Royals.
Royals fans loved him. -
Marriage
Jack marries his college sweetheart, Rachel Isum
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Debut with Brooklyn Dodgers
Jack makes his Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The games was against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. This game is known and remembered as one where Jack broke the color line for Major League Baseball. -
MVP!
Jack is named the National League Most Valuable Player. -
Montgomery Bus boycott launched
The Montgomery Bus boycott of the civil rights movement begins. It lasted 381 days. -
Retires
Jack retires from baseball. He does get involved in helping with the Civil Rights movement.
