Integration in Alabama

By lexsismayberry

  • Plessy .VS. Ferguson

    In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the Court said, was not discrimination.

  • Before 1954

    Before 1954, when the case of Brown .vs. Education was closed, while the law said that all black and white facilities should be equal, many black places and organizations were not equal as white facilities. Filled with poor conditions and disease.

  • Brown .VS. Board of Education

    a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks, Bus Boycott

    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"

  • Several Black Students Enroll In Black Schools

    The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States .

  • "To Kill A Mockingbird"

    In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee addresses many controversial issues. Such issues as, racism, discrimination, and social class are explored

  • Children's Crusade

    The Children's Crusade was a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, May 2–5, 1963, during the Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham campaign. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city.

  • Business Leaders begin Desegregation

    King's boycott was a success and business leaders in Montgomery started to integrate their businesses.

  • Anti-Segregation Marches

    The Birmingham campaign, or Birmingham movement, was a movement organized in early ... Martin Luther King Jr. called it the most segregated city in the country