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Voting Discrimination
A group of civil rights activists protested outside the White House in the summer. That same summer they demanded the Ku Klux Klan be outlawed. -
African American applied to the University of Texas
University of Texas did not except black students. -
Committee on Civil Rights
President Truman responded with the committee on civil rights to study racial discrimination and suggest solutions. -
Ending segregation in the Military
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NAACP focused on ending segregation in schools
Cases came together under the title of Brown vs Board of Education. -
Sweatt vs Painter
Supreme Court ruled that the new school did not provide African Americans with equal academic prestige, facilities, or intructors. -
Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal
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The Court made their ruling stronger, ordering them to hurry and desegregate
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white person. This case was used to challenge the bus segregation law. -
Segregation on the bus was legal
Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was legal. This event brought Martin Luther King Jr. to the movement. -
Little Rock Nine
The school board selected nine outstading African American students to attend Central High School -
Daisy Bates and Elizabeth Eckford
Daisy Bates arranged for high school students to get a ride, but Eckford did not get the message.She went to school by herself and a mob met her. -
Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Central High School
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Schools finially reopened under court order and began intergration
