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Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that every state had to offer equal educational opportunities. -
Civil Rights Activistsprotested outside the White House
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Truman ended segregation in the military
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NAACP focused on ending segregation in public schools
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Supreme Court let African American in all white school
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Supreme Court said segreation in school was illegal
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Idea to challenge Montgomery bus segration system started
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Supreme Court ruled Montgomery's segrated bus was illegal
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Little Rock Nine
The school board in Little Rock, Arkansas selected nine outstanding African American students to attend Central High School. -
Ernest Green became the first black student to graduate from central high school
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Schools ropened and began the rocess of slow intergration.
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Meredith attended his first class in University of Mississippi
