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Jackie Robinson
The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to their team -
Military Segregation
In 1948, Harry Truman ordered and end to segregation in the military. -
School Segregation
The Supreme Court ruled against segregation in schools. That was the case of Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Away Seat
She sat in a white man's seat and she refused to give it away so she was arrested -
Buses Desegregate
In December 1956, the U.S. ruled that Montgomery buses had to desegregate -
African American Kids Enter Schools
Nine African American teenagers tried to enter an all-white Central High School in Little Rock -
Little Rock Closes
Little Rock closes its public schools so it wouldn't have to integrate the colored kids