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School Rights
In 1938 the Supreme Court ruled that every state had to offer equal education oppertunities. -
School Rights
In 1946, an African-American named Heman Sweatt applied to the law school at the university of Texas which did not accept black students. -
Military Movement
President Truman created the comitee on Civil Rights to study radical discrimination and to suggest federal solutions to this problem. -
Military Movement
President Truman ended segregation in the military. -
School Rights
In 1950 the Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt v. Paintter that the new school did not provide African-Americans with access to equal academic prestige, facilities, or instructors. -
School Rights
The Supreme Court ruled in the Brown case that segregation in public school was illegal. -
School Rights
The court made its ruling stronger, ordering public schools to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." -
Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on the bus and was arrested. -
Bus Boycott
Supreme Court ruled that MOntgomery's bus system was illegal. -
School Rights
The School Board selected nine outstanding African-American students, known as the Little Rock, to attend central high school in 1957 -
School Rights
In May,1958, Earnest Green became the first African-American student to graduate from Central Hish School. -
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School Rights
Governor Fabus closed the Little Rock public school during the 1958-59 school year.