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Brown v BOE
The supreme court hears Linda Brown's case. -
Brown v BOE ruling
The court rules that schools must be desegregated. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till is murdered after whistling at a white girl. -
Desegregation
The segregation of busing and transportation becomes illegal. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks does not give her seat up on a bus for a white man. -
Autherine Lucy
The University of Alabama is court ordered to accept the first black student yet finds legal ways of preventing her attendance. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King assist in the founding of the SCLC and is elected their first president. -
Cooper v Aaron
The courts rule that the threat of mob violence is not a good enough reason to delay segregation. -
James Meredith
The supreme court rules that the University of Mississippi must accept James Meredith, a black war vet. -
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Rioting
Rioting occurs over James Meredith's acceptance. -
King is arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested for demonstrating without a permit. -
Kennedy's Speech
President Kennedy delivers a speech explaining why he sent the National Guard in order to allow two African-American students into the University of Alabama. -
Montgomery March
Three thousand marchers leave Selma for Montgomery on March 21, and complete the march without opposition.