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Supreme Court Ruled that Every State had to offer equal educstional opportunities
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Committee on Civil Rights
The committee supported desegregating the armed forces. -
Truman Ends Segregation in the Military
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Sweatt v. Painter
Supreme Court ruled that the new school did not provide African Americans with access to equal academic prestige, facilities, or instructors. -
NAACP decided to focus on legal efforts on ending segregation in public schools
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Brown: Segregation was illegal
The Supreme Court ruled in the Brown case that segregaion in public schools was illegal -
Court made ruling stronger.
Ordered all public scools to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus.
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Supreme Court ruled Montgomery's segregated buses illegal
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Daisy Bates organizes the rides to high school for the students.
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Governor Faubus continues to fight intergregation.
He even closed Little Rock publics schools during the school year. They re-opened n 1959. -
University of Mississippi accepts its first African American student
Supreme Court forces University of Mississipi to accept James Meredith -
James Meredith attends his first class at University of Mississippi