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Supreme Court rules all states must provide equal education opportunites.
The NAACP won several cases that challenged the constitionality of segregration -
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Heman Sweatt applies for Law School
Heman Sweatt applies to the University of Texas, an all white school. The state instead builds an all-black school. However, a supreme court ruling decides the new school does not have equal facilities, so Heman is admitted to UoT. -
Committee on Civil Rights formed
Truman forms the Committee on Civil Rights in response by protests of returning veterans. He promises to 'secure these rights' -
End of Segregration in the Military
Based on the reccomendations of the committee, Truman orders segregration to be outlawed in the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court rules that "Seperate is inherantly unequal" and bans segregration. However, state governments are not easily budged to actually enforce the ruling. -
"With all Deliberate Speed"
The Supreme Court strengthens it's ruling, ordering desegregration 'with all deliberate speed'. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks famous bus arrest case incites the NAACP to help plan a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system. -
Segregrated Transit Banned
A Supreme Court case rules that Montgomery's segregrated mass tranist is illegal, bringing Martin Luther King Jr. to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock school district in Arkansas, is one of the first to admit students. It starts with nine students to be admitted to Central High School. They are faced with intense bullying and threats from the state, but 8 of the 9 perservere and graduate. -
LR9 Graduation
Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock 9, becomes the first African American to earn a diploma at an integrated school. -
Governor Shuts Down Little Rock
Arkansas Governor Faubus, a segregration adovcate, shuts down the public schools of Little Rock. -
Little Rock freed
A Federal order restarts the Little Rock public schools after an entire year.
