THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.Before the 1940s, African Americans were segregated, discriminated against, denied rights, and treated as second-class citizens in much of the nation. Even baseball was segregated. Slowly at first, then, at an increasing pace, brave individuals risked their lives to secure civil rights for everyone. Milestones in that quest are listed here. INFORMATION BANK 1947: Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers and becomes the first African American to play in the major leagues. 1948: President Harry S. Truman For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). Harry S. Truman (May 8 1884 – December 26 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. ends segregation in the U.S. armed forces. 1954: Thurgood Marshall argues against separate-but-equal public schools in Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka) (1954) U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court orders an end to school segregation, 1955: Rosa Parks's arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus sparks a boycott that results in ending bus segregation laws in Alabama. 1957: Arkansas National Guard The Arkansas National Guard consists of the:
• • troops block nine kids from attending Central High in Little Rock. President Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort them in. 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. plans, organizes, and leads a massive march for nationwide civil rights in Washington D.C. He touched the conscience of Americans with his "I have a dream" speech. 1964: The televised images of a police assault on a voter-registration march in Selma, Alabama, shocks the nation. 1965: Reacting to the repression of the Selma march, Congress passes the Voting Rights Act Voting Rights Act Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1965 to ensure the voting rights of African Americans. Though the Constitution's 15th Amendment (passed 1870) had guaranteed the right to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” , which authorizes federal examiners to register black voters in the South. The act is strengthened in 1982. 1968: To win economic rights, Martin Luther King Jr. plans a multiracial mul·ti·ra·cial adj. 1. Made up of, involving, or acting on behalf of various races: a multiracial society. 2. Having ancestors of several or various races. poor people's march. But before he can carry it out, he is killed. QUESTIONS 1. Whose arrest led to the end of segregation on public facilities? 2. What future Supreme Court justice argued against separate-but-equal public schools before the U.S. Supreme Court? 3. In what city were federal troops needed to provide safe passage for nine school kids? 4. What legislative action was inspired by a civil rights march in Selma, Alabama? 5. Who planned, organized, led, and gave a historic speech at a mass rally in Washington, D.C.? 6. What type of equality for African Americans was Martin Luther King Jr. seeking at the time of his death? 7. Who was the first player to integrate major league baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. ? 8. What President ended segregation in the U.S. military forces? 9. Name the first major league baseball team to, desegregate de·seg·re·gate v. de·seg·re·gat·ed, de·seg·re·gat·ing, de·seg·re·gates v.tr. 1. To abolish or eliminate segregation in. 2. . 10. What widely held segregation practice was defeated by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education? ANSWERS 1. Rosa Parks 2. Thurgood Marshall 3. Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas required military intervention to desegregate schools (1957–1958). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 556–557] See : Bigotry 4. The Voting Rights Act 5. Martin Luther King Jr. 6. economic 7. Jackie Robinson 8. Harry S. Truman 9. The Brooklyn Dodgers 10. segregated schools |
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