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Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a decision of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." -
Brown v. Board of Education
This was a case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
MLK lead this boycott which lasted 381 days. The NAACP had organized this bus boycott. This was a protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama, In the end Rosa parks was arrested. -
Little Rock High School
Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. After several failed attempts to negotiate with Faubus, President Dwight D. Eisenhower took action against the governor by federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, removing the Guard from Faubus' control, and ordering one thousand troops from the United States Army 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky to oversee the integregation. -
Freedom Riders
This was when civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S.. Two busses traveled through the south which include, 6 whites and 7 blacks.
