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Missouri v. ex rel Gains
required University of Missouri Law School to either admit African Americans or build another fully equal law school -
Morgan v. Virginia
Ruled that segregation on interstate buses violated federal law and created an "undue burden"on interstate commerce. -
Executive Order 9981
Desegregated the U.S armed forces -
sweatt v. Painter
ruled that an inferior law school created by the University of Texas to serve African Americans violated their right to equal protection and ordered Herman to sweat to be be admitted to University of Texas Law School -
Brown v. Board of Education
Declared "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" . overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and the "separate but equal" doctrine as applied to public schools. -
Brown v. Board of Education II
ordered school desegregation to begin with "all deliberate speed," but offered no timetable -
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
A political and social protest during which african americans refused to ride city buses in montgomery, alabama, to protest segregated seating.
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Civil Rights Act
created Civil Rights Department within the Justice Department -
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act.
Prohibited discrimination in employment and most places of public accommodation on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, outlawed bias in federally assisted programs, created Equal Employment Opportunity Commision. -
Voting Rights Act
Authorized federal supervision of voter registration in states and counties where fewer than half of voting age residents were registered, outlawed literacy tests
