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Plessy v. Ferguson
The United States Supreme Court integrates the "Separate but Equal" into law.=, which would not be against the U.S Constitution. The "Colored" bathrooms and more came into play. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
NAACP aimed to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Local Branches of NAACP
Actively promoting rights for African Americans and helping out by gathering evidence, identifying plaintiffs, and raising awareness for injustices in the public school system. This would later help the Brown v. Board of education Case. -
Help from community
Parents and community leaders would help organize protests and boycotts and draw attention to social injustices around the country. -
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada Court case
Supreme Court decision would make states that had in-state education for white people should have too for black people. -
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
African American Civil Rights Organization pioneered nonviolent moves to fight and challenge segregation. -
Help of legal experts
Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Robert L. Carter served of great help to civil rights movements; they provided legal strategies to fight segregation in education. -
Briggs v. Elliot
The first case in the 20th century to challenge the constitutionality of racially segregated schools in South Carolina on behalf of African American Students. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A case in the 1950s that would declare racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional as it violated the 14th Amendment did not guarantee equal protection and would change the course of the history of the United States beyond education.