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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
At Ebbets field Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut in front of 26,623 fans. By the end of the game his team won against the Boston Braves. -
Executive Order 9981 signed by president Truman
President Harry Truman Sign the Executive Order 9981 which created the presidents committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Forces. Then they mandated desegregation of the .U.S. Military. -
Emmett Till is murdered
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was found dead in a river after allegedly he flirted with a white woman and her husband came home. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
In Montgomery Alabama a woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white man. She was later charged with disorderly conduct. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest against the racial segregation on the public transit in Montgomery, Alabama which was a foundation of what started the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the civil rights act which was a large step for the government and the people. -
The Birmingham Children's March
More than one thousand students skipped classes and gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church to march to downtown Birmingham, Alabama. As they approached police lines, hundreds were arrested and carried off to jail in paddy wagons and school buses. -
Freedom Summer
A campaign launched by civil rights activists to register as many African American voters as possible.