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- Went to UCLA and was the first to win 4 varsity letters in 4 sports (basketball, baseball, football, track)
- In 1942, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit at Fort Riley, Kansas
-He broke the Baseball color line in 1947 on April 15th after joining the Dodger's and stepping on their first base
(The color line prevented African Americans from playing any major or minor leagues of Baseball).

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- Ruled unanimously that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional, violating the Fourteenth Amendment
- One of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement and helped end the “separate-but-equal” doctrine and Jim Crow laws that limited the rights of African Americans

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- Accused of whistling at a Carolyn Bryant, a white woman in her family grocery store
-14-year-old boy who was abducted, mutilated, and beaten to disfiguration in Mississippi August 28, 1955, by Bryant's husband and brother-in-law.
- All white jury found the perpetrators not guilty of Till's murder
Till's Mother held an open-casket funeral with over 10,000 people in attendance. Emmet's death was a catalyst for the civil rights movement. It was a call for justice.

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Rosa Parks and The Start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)

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Rosa Parks and The Start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)

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Rosa Parks played a crucial role in not only the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but in civil rights as well.
- Was an activist for civil rights prior to the boycott
- She wasn't the only person who said no, many people were met with the same fate she was, or worse.
- Rosa was arrested for her actions and fined $10 and $4 for court fees.
- The Womens Political Council called for a boycott of the bus system on December 5th, 1955 and lasted 381 days.

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In response to Rosa Parks, on December 5th, 1955 African Americans form civil rights protests where transportation of the busses in Montgomery would be refused by them in hope to stop the segregated seating. This protest did not end until a year later on December 20th, 1956.

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In 1954, the legal case, Brown v Board of Education, stated segregation in schools is unconstitutional. Three years later, a formerly segregated high school (Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas) asked for nine Black students from all-Black high schools to attend. This group, called Little Rock Nine, was met with screaming, violent mobs before they could enter the school. When they tried again a few weeks later, they made it inside, but had to leave for their own safety. Finally, Pres. Eisenhower ordered Federal Troops to escort Little Rock Nine to and from the school. This didn't stop the prejudice and harassment they experienced, but the whole situation brought some much-needed attention to the issues surrounding desegregation.

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- 4 Black college students, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil, staged a sit it at a segregated Woolworths Lunch counter in Greensboro, NC February 1, 1960
- The boys were influenced by the non-violent practices of Gandhi
- Refused to give up their seats in a white only restaurant, police unable to take action due to lack of provocation
- Sparked over 300 college students to do the same thing by February 5th, 1960.

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The Freedom Riders were a group of Black and White activists during the early 60's protesting segregated bus terminals in the south.
- The Freedom Riders tried to use white only restaurants and lunch counters at bus stations.
- Welcomed with police officers arresting them and violence from white protestors
- Drew international attention to the civil rights movement
- On May 14th, 1961 a mob of 200 White people surrounded and followed the first Greyhound Bus entering Anniston, Alabama. When the tires on the bus blew out, a protestor threw a bomb on the bus. The freedom riders escaped the bus as the bus bursts into flames.

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Four African-American girls were murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. The four girls were named Addie Collins, Carol Mcnair, Cynthia Wesley, and Carol Robertson. This tragic event took place on September 15th, 1963.

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

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- Largest civil rights demonstration of the 60's
- 200,000 people protested in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
- Aimed to draw attention to the continuing challenges the African Americans face in America after emancipation
- President John F. Kennedy met with civil rights leaders before the march, fearful that the event would end in violence
- Instructed the Attorney General to ensure all security precautions to be taken
- Dr. Kings speech was one of the most famous orations of the civil rights movement and of human history.
- “And when this happens…we will be able to speed up that day when all God’s children, Black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”

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Memphis Sanitation Strike Feb 12, 1968 – Apr 16, 1968

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Memphis Sanitation Strike Feb 12, 1968 – Apr 16, 1968

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Dr. Martin Luther King JR Assassination - April 4th, 1968

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Dr. Martin Luther King JR Assassination - April 4th, 1968