1947 ⟶ Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier
April 15: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American...
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⚾ Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier
April 15: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American baseball player to play modern Major League Baseball.⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansIntegrationSportsSocial ChangeDiscrimination
United States✊ Birmingham Campaign: Civil Rights Demonstrations and Confrontation
March–April: Birmingham campaign, a key event in the 1954-1968 Civil rights movement⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSegregationNonviolent ResistanceProtestsMartin Luther King Jr.Racial DiscriminationUnited States HistorySocial Justice
United States🎤 Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers 'I Have a Dream' Speech at March on Washington
August 28: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSocial JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.ActivismEquality
United States🕊️ Assassination of Malcolm X
Civil Rights MovementAfrican American HistoryAssassinationPolitical ViolenceSocial Justice
United States👑 Vanessa Williams Wins Miss America
September 17: Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.⟶
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