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Civil Activists Protests
A group of civil rights activists protests outside of whitehouse -
VEteresa focus on voting descrimination
Many returning African American veterens focused their efforts on voting descrimination -
Henan Sweatt
African american Henan Sweatte applied to the new law school to the university of texas and it didnt accept it but eventually the court ordered it to allow him in -
Comittee on CIvil Rights
Truman created a the comittee on civils right to study racial discrimination -
Integrated Millitary
Truman ended segregation in military -
Equal Education
Supreme court ruled that every state had to offer equal education oppurtunity -
Public Schools Integrate
The supreme court ruled in brown case that segregation in public school is illegal -
Mongomery Improvement Association
To coordinate their efforts local leaders formed the Mongomery Improvement association -
Plessy vs. Ferguson- Over Ruled
The courts decision overturned the 1896 plessy vs ferguson ruling that established th seperate but equall quote doctrine, in ordered public schools to desegregate -
Montgomery Sefregated Bus System - Illegal
The supreme court ruled that montgomery segregated bus system was illegal -
Rosa Parks, and Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger and she was aressted and it started the montgomery bus boyott -
The Little Rock Nine
The school board selected nine oustanding outstanding african american students which is known as the little rock nine to attend central high school