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Period: to
1950's to the Present
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Brown vs. Board of Education
overturns state sponsored segregation -
Little Rock Nine
Nine Black students were admitted to Little Rock Central HIgh, a formerly segregated school. -
Executive Order 10925
Initial concpt of Affirmative Action -
Stand in the School House Door
Democratic governor george Wallace stood at the door at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block the entry of two black students. To keep his innaugural promise of "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" -
"I Have A Dream"
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Civil Rights Act passed
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
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Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Federal courts have the discretion to use busing as a desegregataion tool. -
Proposition 13
In response to higher taxes, residents passed Prop 13 to lower prooperty taxes. This led to chronic underfunding of our school systems. -
Ho vs. San Francisco Unified School District
Chinese American challenges school racial quota law that negatively affects Asian minorities. -
No Child Left Behind
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Race to the Top Legislation
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Senate Constitutional Amendment # 5
Allowed Public institutions to deny enrollment to certain people based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
