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Plessy v Ferguson
Supreme Court decided "separate but equal" policy was acceptable, essentially legalizing segregation (National Archives, 2016). -
Cumming vs Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia
SCOTUS upheld the closing of a black school due to funding even though two white schools in the area remained open (National Archives, 2016). -
Berea College vs Commonwealth of Kentucky
SCOTUS upheld state law forbidding interracial instruction in schools (National Archives, 2016). -
NAACP Founded
W.E.B. Dubios, among others, founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which would go on to fight the case of Brown vs Board of Education. -
Gong Lum vs Rice
SCOTUS ruled a Chinese-American girl was required to attend a black school in Mississippi (National Archives, 2016) -
NAACP Fights
The NAACP starts legal challenges against the Plessy vs Ferguson decision (National Archives, 2016) -
Missouri ex rel Gaines v Canada
SCOTUS sided with Gaines, a black man who was denied entry to law school even though equal facilities did not exist for him (National Archives, 2016). -
Sipuel vs Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma
SCOTUS decided a law school could not deny entry based on race because it was unconstitutional (National Archives, 2016) -
Briggs vs Elliot
NAACP sought 20 plaintiffs to bring together to fight segregation in public schools from within the legal system. This case was one of those that was consolidated into Brown vs Board of Education (National Archives, 2016) -
Sweatt vs Painter
SCOTUS decided the University of Texas law school did not mee the separate but equal qualification due to the serious difference in quality of education (National Archives, 2016). -
Brown vs Board of Education
The official case of Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka was filed (National Archives, 2016). -
Supreme Court changes
The Chief Justice of the SCOTUS died of a heart attack and Earl Warren was appointed interim before being confirmed (National Archives, 2016). The change in the court made a major difference in the outcome of Brown vs Board (National Archives, 2016). -
Ruling of Brown vs Board of Education
SCOTUS decided that separate facilities in education was inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional (National Archives, 2016). This ended segregation in public education.