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Jackie Robinson joins the Dodgers
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American in the major leagues when he plays his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Which no other African American player ever did in the history of baseball. MR.42 made his first Major League Baseball debut with the Dodgers, against the Boston Braves. This allowed other African-American to join and give them the freedom to play Baseball in the pros, Larry Doby became the second African American to play In the baseball league. This was important to th -
Executive Order 9981
By the order of President Harry S. Truman. Truman made an executive order to abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services. This event was important to the Civil Righths Movement. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 1, 1955, four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. Later on she was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days. This lead to the Civil Rights Movement. -
The March On Washington
On this day, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. Where MLK gave his speech "I have a dream". This lead to the Civil Rights Movement. -
The 24th Amendment
The American citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. This fee was called a poll tax. But on January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. This was an important event that cause to the Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights act of 1964 was to end segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, and was then signed into law by Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. This was Important to the Civil Rights movement. -
The Selma Freedom March
MLK's Southern Christian Leadership Conference made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. The protesters were attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters, under the protection of federalized National Guard troops, finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. This caussd the Civil Rights. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the protection of the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States. This was Important to the Civil Rights Movement. -
Executive Order 11246
The Executive Order 11246 was ordered and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965, September 24, 1965, It "prohibits federal contractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors, who do over $10,000 in Government business in one year from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This was important to the Civil Rights movement. -
The Assassination Of Mr.King
The Assassination happened early in the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed by a single shot which struck his face and neck. He was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. The leader of The civil rights Movement was dead. This was the most tragic event of the Civil Rights Movement.
