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Segregation Map
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The Brown v Board of Education
Linda Brown and her family believed that racially segregated schools violated the fourteenth amendment. She stated the case that the racially segregated schools are not equal and the white schools have more of an education advantage.This led to the "little rock nine" and desegregated school we have today in America -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks refusing to sit on the bus and being punished for her actions. The African-American people of Montgomery, Alabama decided to not ride the bus for a total of 381 days. This hurt Montgomery income with so many people not using transportation, many buses were out of use. Today buses are no longer have assigned seats based on your race. -
Little Rock Nine
Governor of Little Rock, Arkansas admitted nine African American students to Central High School. These students were protected by federal troops. This order of troops was made by President Dwight Eisenhower. Today schools are desegregated and students dont face nearly as much racist behavior previous generations of students faced. -
Cooper v Aaron
Even if states disagreed with segregation being illegal, the states had to enforce the supreme court decision. Segregation is still illegal and everybody follows this law. We haven't seen any political official testify this law and go against it. -
Ole Miss Riots
A serviceman of the U.S. Air Force applied to the University of Mississippi. His admission was later denied once the news broke of his skin color. The Governor did not allow him to get in the admissions office. He was later punished with civil contempt. He had to wither stop interfering with desegregation or face jail and a $10,000 fine. Riots then broke out and led to him being escorted onto the university campus by U.S. Marshall's. Today no University's are segregated. -
Martin Luther King Jr Death
Martin Luther King Jr was on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The iconic 39 year old civil rights activist who preached non-violence protests's was fatally shot. Today people remeber his short lived life and all the things he accomplished in America through his activism and fighting the right way in order to create change. -
