A Century of Segregation

was a march planned by African American rights activists to protest the

1939 - 1954

The March on Washington

widespread job discrimination while World War II was going on overseas.

The U.S. In World War II

enlisted some African American soldiers in the army, but they were hardly ever

allowed to fight on the front lines, and they were barred from serving in the Marines and the Army Air Corps until late into the war. However, the Tuskegee Airmen are regarded as heroes for protecting American planes flying over Germany.

Jackie Robinson

was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. He was often

rejected by other baseball players, but he was earned glory among the public and the African American community.

Brown v. Board of Education

was a historic case in which segregation in schools was declared

unconstitutional. This overruled the earlier case Plessy v. Ferguson, which decided that segregation was legal.