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Supreme Court Requires Equal Education
The Supreme court ruled that every state had to make education equal amoung African Americans and Whites -
Heman Sweatt
Hemann Sweatt applied to University of Texas which did not accept African Americans. School officials chose to create a seperate African American law school. -
Committee on Civil Rights
The drive for African Americans brought violence. Many African Americans asked the president for help and started protests outside the White House -
African American Veterans Protest outside Democratic National Convention
African American veterans came home from WW2 with anger. They served with miltiary over seas 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 -
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NAACP
The NAACP decided to end segregation -
Sweatt vs. Painter
Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt vs. Painter that the new school did not provide African Americans with access to equal academic prestige. -
Segregation Made Illgeal in Public Schools
May 1954 segregation made illegal. The Supreme Court ruled in the Brown case that segregation in public schools was illegal -
School Board selects 9 African American students
School Board selects 9 outstanding African American students known as the Little Rock 9 to attend central highschool. -
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her seat to a white passanger which challenged the bus segregation rule. E.D. Nixon used her case to challenge the bus segregation law. -
Bus System
The Supreme Court ruled that the Bus System was illegal. -
First African American graduates from Central Highschool
Ernest Green became the first African American to graduate from Central Highschool