Homer Plessy was an African american civilian who refused to sit in a jim crow car,which led to the supreme court case Plessy v. Ferguson.During this case the supreme court came to the conclusion of the Jim Crow laws.The jim crow laws were laws that enforced racial segregation.These laws were enforced until 1965,when they were overruled by the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965.
The African American man known as Jackie Robinson broke the baseball Color barrier.Signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the year of 1947.Born on January 31,1919,Jack R. Robinson was the first African American to ever play on an integrated major baseball league.Jackie Robinson was number 42 of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and spent
The African American man known as Jackie Robinson broke the baseball Color barrier.Signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the year of 1947.Born on January 31,1919,Jack R. Robinson was the first African American to ever play on an integrated major baseball league.Jackie Robinson was number 42 of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and spent