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Supreme Court requires equal education
Supreme Court requires each state to have equal education -
Heman Sweatt applied to law school
Heman Sweatt applied to law school at the University of Texas, which did not accept black students. School officals chose to create a separate African American law school -
Committee on Civil Rights
The drive for African Amerian voting rights brought violence. Many African Americans asked the president for help -
African American Veterans Protest outside the Democratic National Convention
Afican American veterans came home from WW2 with anger. They served in the military overseas and were treated poorly when they got back home. -
Truman Ends Segregation in the Military
After a lot of protesting, President Truman finally ends segregation in the military. -
Sweatt v.s. Painter
Supremem court ruled in sweatt v.s. painter that the new school did not provide African Americans with access to equal academic prestige. -
NAACP
Decided to focus its legal efforts on ending segregation in oublic schools -
Segregation made illegal in public schools
The Supreme Court ruled in the Brown case that segregation in public schools was illegal. -
3 school districts in the South desegregate
Only three school districts in the entire south desegregate -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger and E.D. Nixon used her case to challenge the bus segregation law. -
Bus Segregation Ruled Illegal.
The Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was illegal. -
School Board selects nine African American Students
The school board selects 9 outstanding African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, to attend Central high school. -
First African American graduates from Central High School
Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Central High School.