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Supreme Court ruled that every state had to offer equal educational opportunities
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civil rights protest
A group of cilvi rights activists protested outside the white house. Later that Summer they marched to the Lincloln Memorial to demand that the Ku Klux Klan be outlawed. -
A permanent Fair Employment Practices Commision was established
This was supported by Truman. -
Committee on Civil Rights
President Truman responded to protesters by creating the Committee on Civil Rights to help suggest federal solutions to these problems. -
Truman ends segregation in the military
That same year, racial discrimintation in the hiring of federal employees was banned. -
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case
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Supreme court ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger
She was arrested. This led to a huge bus boycott. -
The Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was illegal
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In Little Rock, Arkansas, the school boad selected nine outstanding African American students to attend Central High School.
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Ernest Green became the first African American student to graduate from Central High School.
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Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to accept James Meredith as its first African American student.
