How Did Jackie Robinson Influence The Civil Rights Movement

May 7, 1954, a little girl is watching her favorite cartoon when a commercial suddenly pops on."Super Fun Adventure Land is now open!" announces the man in the commercial. The little girl, enthusiastically, gets up and runs to her dad. "Daddy! Daddy! Can we please go to Super Fun Adventure Land!" he looks at his innocent daughter's eyes which are filled with pure delight. He kneels down and puts his hands on his daughters shoulders, "I'm sorry Sammy but we can't go," he said knowing that he had just crushed her dreams. Tears rolled down her cheeks, "Why can't we go daddy!? Everyone else is going!" She whines. "Honey we can't go because we're black." Says the dad with sorrow in his voice. Since the dawn of America, African Americans were used

This is significant because Jackie Robinson would light the spark of the civil rights movement. As a result, the eyes of the colored people would be opened and together the people would lead the United States into a new era.

Jackie Robinson lit the spark that would begin the Civil Rights Movement. This is significant because since the 1880s no colored players were allowed to play in the major leagues with white Americans. This made Jackie Robinson the first African American to play in the major leagues and break the baseball color line. Many other cases were also ongoing where certain aspects of segregation were being outlawed. For example, Brown vs Board of Education was a court case of whether schools should be created for white only or black only.

As a result, on May 17, 1954 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled, unanimously, that laws which segregated public schools for colored or white students were unconstitutional. Furthermore, Rosa Parks also aided the advancement of the Civil Rights

This is significant because Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white American. Rosa Park's disobedience led to a series unanimous actions from the African American community. For example, The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started by Martin Luther King Jr because of Park's actions. The Montgomery Boycott was a unanimous agreement from all African Americans, stating that no colored person would ride a bus in the South to end seating segregation. This was the first large scale protest against segregation. As a result, The Supreme Court voted to end segregated bus in 1956. As other African Americans grew in knowledge over what was occurring, more joined in.

Civil Disobedience took place on a large scale. This is significant because as more African Americans joined in rallies, protests, and marches, more awareness was raised. Many African Americans were mercilessly beat and or executed because of their choice for non-violent protests, passive resistance. For example, the 1963 Birmingham movement was a series of non-violent protests and marches. As a result, many were assaulted by police dogs others, some even students, were struck by high pressure water. Furthermore, a group called the SCLC emerged to advance the progress of civil