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Jackie Robinson enters Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball which gave other African-American -
Executive Order 9981 signed by President Truman
Harry Truman signed an Executive Order creating the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services -
Emmett Till is murdered
Fourteen year old Emmett Till was a African American from Chicago that was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks was taken into custody in Montgomery Alabama for disorderly conduct after she declined to surrender her bus seat to a white man. Civil Rights activist E. D. Nixon posted her bail, along with the assistance of their white allies, attorney Clifford Durr and his spouse, Virginia. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott date
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 13-month-long demonstration that occurred from December 1955 to December 1956. It was initiated as a reaction to the racial segregation present on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott was spearheaded by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, marking a significant turning point in the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is passed
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that was Originally proposed by Attorney General Herbert Brownell -
Freedom summer
Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined African Americans in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls