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Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" public facilities were constitutional. Jim Crow laws. -
WWII ends
African Americans had served their country during war and wanted equal rights. -
Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court declared "separate but equal" was unconstitutional and all public schools must desegregate. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
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Brown v. Education II
Because of the resistance to desegregation from many states, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that all states must desegregate their public schools "with all deliberate speed." -
Massive Resistance begins in Virginia
Beginning in the 1956 school year, Harry S. Byrd led the Massive Resistance Movement in Virginia. It was a policy adopted by Virginia State government to prevent integration. Public schools closed so they would not have to allow African American students to attend schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott ends
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Little Rock Nine
Arkansas National Guard stopped nine African American students from going to the now integrated Central High. -
Little Rock finally allowed in school
22 armed soldiers escorted the Little Rock Nine into Central High. -
6 Norfolk Public Schools open; Massive Resistance comes to a close.
Maury, Norview and Granby high schools and Northside, Norview and Blair junior highs are now opened and integrated. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. March on Washington
He and more than 200,000 Americans march on Washington D.C., where he gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Finally, a legal end to segregation in public places, such as bathrooms and theaters. It also banned discrimination in the work place.
