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Plessy v Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional. Because of this racial segregation was upheld for another half century.
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Brown v Board of Education
Brown vs Education was a major jumping off point in the civil rights movement, where the Supreme Court ruled it to be unconstitutional for public schools to be segregated. This was a very good thing for the Supreme Court to rule for The Civil Rights movement helping to bring us one step closer to no racial segregation.
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Rosa Parks
After work one day Rosa found a seat on a Alabama bus. Segregation laws had it where blacks had designated seats in the back but when a white man boarded the bus and there was nowhere for him to sit, the bus driver then ordered Rosa and other blacks to give up their seats, Rosa refused and was arrested. This sparked outrage and led to the boycott of the Montgomery bus system which lasted for 381 days when finally the Supreme Court ruled segregated seating unconstitutional. Judicial Branch -
Little Rock Nine
This was a group of nine African American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central School, their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis in which the students were initially denied access to the racially segregated school by governor Orval Faubus, which made President Dwight D. Eisenhower step in and demand they be enrolled in that school, Brown vs Board of education was brought up in this case.
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The Fair Housing Act
Just days after King's assassination this act became law, preventing house discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, and religion. This was the last legislation enacted during the civil rights era. The efforts of the Civil Rights activists of all races brought about legislation to end segregation. Judicial Branch
