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Jackie Robinson enters the MLB
Jackie makes a huge step for the civil rights movement by becoming the first African American to enter the MLB. -
Brown v Board of education
This court meeting had proved as well as shown that segregation in schools is unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till is murdered
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was wrongfully accused of crude actions and was wrongfully murdered. -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was the bus that Rosa Parks was on and stood up for civil rights by refusing to give up her seat. -
Civil rights act of 1957
The first federal rights legislation act passed by congress since 1875 -
The Birmingham Campaign
A movement made of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to help bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans. -
Freedom Summer
A vote registration aimed to increase the number of registered black voters. Around 700 white Americans joined the African Americans -
The Selma Marches
Martin Luther King Jr. had led thousands of a nonviolent demonstrators to the capitol of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Prohibited voting discrimination and a huge landmark in civil rights history. -
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
An American Christian minister as well as activist, he was a huge speaker who fought for civil rights, he was sadly assassinated in 1968.
