Civil Rights Movement- Brown v Board of Education

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  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson case was the start of the "separate but equal" principle. This served as a catalyst for expanding civil rights movements during the 1950 decade.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit. The suit was against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. His Daughter, Linda Brown was denied entrance to Topeka's all-white elementary school

  • Brown's Case & 4 others

    When Brown and 4 other cases where related- school segregation. When the cases came to the Supreme Court, the Court combined them into a single case, Brown v Board of Education of Topeka.

  • Justices were divided

    Justices were divided on how to rule the school segregation. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson holding opinion that Plessy verdict should stand. But Vinson died before Brown v Board of Education case was to be heard. President Dwight D. Eisenhower replaced him with Earl Warren.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    The Supreme Court ruled that separating children's in public schools based on the color of their skin/race was unconstitutional.

  • The Decision

    Warren wrote the decision that stated " in the field of the public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place, as segregated schools are "inherently unequal." The Court ruled the plaintiffs were being " deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment."

  • Second opinion

    Court issued a second opinion remanded desegregation cases to lower Federal Courts and directed district courts and school boards to proceed with desegregation- the case is now known as Brown v Board of Education II

  • Impact of Brown v Board of Education

    A year later after the ruling of the case several historical events happened. These events included the Mongomery bus boycott, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, boycotts lead by Martin Luther King Jr

  • Brown II

    This took place 1 year after the the first initial ruling. Arguments were being heard over the vague wording in the ruling. This is why this is now called Brown II.

  • Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights act was backed by the enforcement of the Justice Department. They began the process of desegregation.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of civil rights legislation which was followed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act was put into place that allowed African Americans to exercise thier right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights.

  • Fair Housing Act of 1968

    After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was followed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 all this was followed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The Fair Housing Act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.

  • Runyon v. McCrary

    The Supreme Court issued another landmarking ruling that private, non sectarian schools that had denied admission to students on the basis of race violated federal civil rights laws.