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Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1892, Homer Plessy, who was 30 years old. was sent to jail. He was sent for sitting in the white car at the East Louisiana Railroad. Plessy was mixed, part black and part white. He is what they call "Creole of Color". They made him sit in the colored car even though he was only one-eighth black. He went to court and argued that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendmends. In 1896 the US supreme court decided that state laws could require racial segregation. -
Wilmington Riots
On November 10, 1898 a very bad event took place in Wilmington, North Carolina. A mob of white people set the offices of a black newspaper on fire. At least twenty five African Americans were killed. -
Pearsall Plan
Brown v. Board of Education prohibited school segregation. That means that people couldn't not be seperated because of the color of their skin. After that a North Carolina Governor's Special Advisory Committee on Education was made and they called this commitee the "Pearsall Commitee". Later on they named it the "Pearsall Plan". This plan stated changes that would be made to public schools related to segregation. -
Arrest of Rosa Parks
Rosa Pasks was an African American lady. One day on her way home from work she got on a bus. She sat in the white section, but she was black. A white man came to her and told her she had to get up. Rosa didt not get up. This broke the Alabama law. Rosa did not get up but she was nonviolent. This event was a big step towards ending segregation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott began after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person. The boycott lasted from December 1, 1955 untill December 20, 1956 in Montgomery Alabama. The boycott eneded when a decision was made that segregated buses is unconstitutional.
