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Dr. Ralph Bunche wins the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize.
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University of Virginia admits a black student to its law school.
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The home of Harry and Harriette Moore is bombed by the KKK. Both die of injuries.
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A Federal Court ruling upholds segregation in SC public schools.
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Another federal court upholds segregated education laws in Virginia.
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Eleven black students attend the first day of school at Claymont High School, Delaware, becoming the first black students in the 17 segregated states to integrate a white public school.
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US Supreme Court strikes down segregation in Washington, DC restaurants.
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Executive Order 10479 signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower establishes the anti-discrimination Committee on Government Contracts.
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Student demonstrations take place against integration of Washington, DC public schools.
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Desegregation of U.S. Armed Forces said to be complete.
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Georgia Board of Education orders that any teacher supporting integration be fired.
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A Federal Appeals Court overturns segregation on Columbia, SC buses.
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90 black leaders in Montgomery, Alabama are arrested for leading a bus boycott.
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Integrated athletic or social events are banned in Louisiana.
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Georgia Senate votes to declare the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution null and void in that state.
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The finance minister of Ghana is refused service at a Dover, Delaware restaurant. President Eisenhower hosts him at the White House to apologize Oct. 10
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Bethel Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama) is bombed by Ku Klux Klan members.
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13 blacks arrested for sitting in front of bus in Birmingham.
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A high school in Arlington, VA desegregates, allowing four black students.
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Dr. King speaks for the integration of schools at a rally of 26,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
