Jackie Robinson:
He started playing baseball on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson was the first African american baseball player who played in the major leagues. Ever since he joined baseball he broke the baseball color line that people had back in the early 1900s. Thanks to the dodgers who put Jackie Robinson into their team, he was close to end racial segregation.
This event is pivotal in U.S. History because African Americans did not have a lot of rights that the whites had. Jackie Robinson was the first African american who got whites and blacks to get along. It made African Americans have more rights and was a huge pivotal event for the U.S.
He started playing baseball on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson was the first African american baseball player who played in the major leagues. Ever since he joined baseball he broke the baseball color line that people had back in the early 1900s. Thanks to the dodgers who put Jackie Robinson into their team, he was close to end racial segregation.
This event is pivotal in U.S. History because African Americans did not have a lot of rights that the whites had. Jackie Robinson was the first African american who got whites and blacks to get along. It made African Americans have more rights and was a huge pivotal event for the U.S.
Jim Crow Laws: Cause
Started in the year 1874.
The Jim Crow Laws plays a huge cause in Jackie Robinson. Jim Crow Laws was a racial segregation that was enacted in the year of 1874. It separated blacks and whites from doing activities together. It segregated restaurants, restrooms, hotels, education, and as were public facilities. Jackie Robinson and thousands of blacks and some whites did not like this law. Because of this law there was a lot of tension between the two race. African Americans felt attack by this law because there was places that they weren't forbidden to enter, and there were people who would always say stuff to them like "Negroes".
Started in the year 1874.
The Jim Crow Laws plays a huge cause in Jackie Robinson. Jim Crow Laws was a racial segregation that was enacted in the year of 1874. It separated blacks and whites from doing activities together. It segregated restaurants, restrooms, hotels, education, and as were public facilities. Jackie Robinson and thousands of blacks and some whites did not like this law. Because of this law there was a lot of tension between the two race. African Americans felt attack by this law because there was places that they weren't forbidden to enter, and there were people who would always say stuff to them like "Negroes".
1945: Effect
In 1945 this segregation in baseball ended. The Brooklyn Dodger's general manager Branch Rickey set his great experiment. This was putting an African American into a white league. Yes there was lots of problems and people being mean to Jackie but it did unite the African Americans and whites during baseball. In addition to racial intolerance, economics also contributed to segregation in baseball. They as well thought that if they had both blacks and whites on a team then it will attract both race to come to the game. This event did change in some way positively in the U.S. but it still did not end racial segregation.
In 1945 this segregation in baseball ended. The Brooklyn Dodger's general manager Branch Rickey set his great experiment. This was putting an African American into a white league. Yes there was lots of problems and people being mean to Jackie but it did unite the African Americans and whites during baseball. In addition to racial intolerance, economics also contributed to segregation in baseball. They as well thought that if they had both blacks and whites on a team then it will attract both race to come to the game. This event did change in some way positively in the U.S. but it still did not end racial segregation.
Scottsboro Boys: Cause
March 25, 1931
The Scottsboro Boys were 9 young boys who were on a train with whites in search for a job. There was a fight on the train and two white women agreed to testify that the 9 young boys had raped them. The police under instruction had to capture every negro on the train. They were sent to court for trial but there was not enough evidence.
March 25, 1931
The Scottsboro Boys were 9 young boys who were on a train with whites in search for a job. There was a fight on the train and two white women agreed to testify that the 9 young boys had raped them. The police under instruction had to capture every negro on the train. They were sent to court for trial but there was not enough evidence.
Scottsboro Boys: Effect
On April 7-9, 1931, were the days where they were tried, and convicted, and sentenced to death. Even though they did not have enough evidence to prove them guilty, they were still sent to jail because they were black boys who supposedly raped white women. This was racism just because they were blacks they did not care if they had evidence or not. One of the boys was sent to jail for 75 years and the other ones were free after serving a while in jail. The nine boys were not guilty. One of the white womens stated in a letter that she was forced by a white policemen to say that she was raped. In 2013 Alabama governor has finally granted pardons to all the nine boys. This was a pivotal event in America because it showed people how justice was not being made. It showed how segregation and racism was occurring throughout and was occurring to these boys.
On April 7-9, 1931, were the days where they were tried, and convicted, and sentenced to death. Even though they did not have enough evidence to prove them guilty, they were still sent to jail because they were black boys who supposedly raped white women. This was racism just because they were blacks they did not care if they had evidence or not. One of the boys was sent to jail for 75 years and the other ones were free after serving a while in jail. The nine boys were not guilty. One of the white womens stated in a letter that she was forced by a white policemen to say that she was raped. In 2013 Alabama governor has finally granted pardons to all the nine boys. This was a pivotal event in America because it showed people how justice was not being made. It showed how segregation and racism was occurring throughout and was occurring to these boys.
Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream speech
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. speech was a huge pivotal event that occurred in the 1960s. He wanted to end the racial segregation and the discrimination blacks got in America just like how Jackie Robinson wanted it to end as well. He wanted this segregation between blacks and whites to end and just wanted them to unite because like he said, "we are all created equal".
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. speech was a huge pivotal event that occurred in the 1960s. He wanted to end the racial segregation and the discrimination blacks got in America just like how Jackie Robinson wanted it to end as well. He wanted this segregation between blacks and whites to end and just wanted them to unite because like he said, "we are all created equal".
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination:
April 4, 1968
On April 4, 1968 King was assassinated by James Early Ray. He assassinated him because of the changes King wanted and Ray did not want those changes. This effected America especially the blacks because this was their leader, a person who fought for what he believed in. Because of the speeches he made and the changes he wanted thousands of white people did not like him. They were against him. This as well connects with Jackie because they both wanted this segregation to end. King thought Jackie was a great man for being the first African American to play in a white league.
April 4, 1968
On April 4, 1968 King was assassinated by James Early Ray. He assassinated him because of the changes King wanted and Ray did not want those changes. This effected America especially the blacks because this was their leader, a person who fought for what he believed in. Because of the speeches he made and the changes he wanted thousands of white people did not like him. They were against him. This as well connects with Jackie because they both wanted this segregation to end. King thought Jackie was a great man for being the first African American to play in a white league.
All these events connect with racism, and the end of segregation. Jackie Robinson wanted segregation to end as well as King. All they wanted was equal rights and for blacks and whites to unite. The Scottsboro boys, there life was just about racism and for there not being equal rights. All they all wanted for blacks and whites to get along and be together.