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Supreme court takes action
The Supreme Court ruled that every state had to offer equal eduaction oppurtunities . -
Truman Reacts
Truman creates the Comittee on Civil Rights to study racial discrimination and find federal solutions . -
Segragation comes to an End
Truman ends all segragtion in military and baned racial discrimination by hiring fedeal employees . -
Sweatt v. Painter
Supreme court ruled that Sweat that the new school did not provide eqaul academic prestige. The court ordered the university to admit Sweatt to its law school. -
Court case
Brown vs. Board of Education case . NAACP decides to focus on ending segregation . -
Desegregate
The court ordred schools to desegregate. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. As a result MLK and others arranged to give blacks rides . -
Bus Boycott
Montgomery's Bus Boycott is announced illegal and MLK became the leader of the civil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African Americans were choosen to attend Central High School. -
Ernest Green
Was the frist African American to graduate from Central high School. -
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Integration
Little Rock school was closed and then opened ,starting to adopt integration . -
First Black Student
The Court ruled the University of Mississippi to accept James Meredith as first black student
