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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
In 1896 seven year old Linda Brown was not permitted to attend an all white elementary school just blocks from her house. The Brown family sued the school system but lost. -
Brown Vs. Board Of Education
Thurgood Marshall argued that segregated schools were not and could not be equal to white schools. On May 17, 1954 The Court unanimously ruled in Brown Vs. Board Of Education, that it was unconstitutional to seperate schoolchildren by race.The Brown descision reversed the descision in Plessy Vs. Ferguson. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks sat next to a white man on a bus in Mongomery Alabama, that was illegal and she was arrested. Her bravery led to the Mongomery Bus Boycott -
Mongomery Bus Boycott
A boycott refused to use the cities buses that were segregated. The Bus Boycott lasted a year. During the boycott Martin Luther King and others were arrested during the boycott. The boycott ended in December 1956 -
The SCLC Is Created
In January,1957 Martin Luther King and 60 other ministers founded the (SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They emphasized nonviolent protests, and how to organize people for their support -
Little Rock Nine
Were a group of 9 African Americans who enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. On the first day they were blocked from entering the school by the National Guard sent by Orval Faubus.President Eisenhower sent 100 troops to let the 9 African Americans into the school, safely -
Ole Miss is Interegated
On September 30, 1962 riots occured at Ole Miss because African American James Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss. 120 soldiers were to protect Meredith from the people. But it turned violent. 2 people died. On August 1963 James Meredith became the first african american graduate at Ole Miss -
Vivian Malone
Was one of the first two African Americans to enroll in the University Of Alabama, and the first African American graduate at the University Of Alabama.Also she was involved when George Wallace blocked African American students at The University Of Alabama -
University Of Alabama George Wallace
George Wallace Governor Of Alabama went to the University Of Alabama and stood in front of the doors refusing to move so that African American students could not enter. President Kennedy ordered 100 soldiers to Alabama then Wallace finally moved he didnt want to risk violence. -
James Meredith
James Meredith became the first African American to go and graduate from Ole Miss and to be the first African American to play football at Ole Miss. There were riots from him going there but he never left not even when they wanted to kill him. He had a statue built for him in his honor,and his bravery.
