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Unit 9 Timeline

By A_Childress

  • White Primary is Abolished in Gerogia

    White Primary is Abolished in Gerogia
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    The white primary was something that restricted african american involvement in primary elections. This system was found in the southern states of the US. It was found unconstitutional in 1946 because it disfranchised blacks from voting.

  • Integration of the Armed Forces

    Integration of the Armed Forces
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    President Truman believed that there was a problem in the Army about segregation. He investigated the Army about respect with African Americans and found that they were being treated unfairly. He signed an
    Executive Order that stated the desegregation of the Army. Shortly after, the Army integrated blacks into the army and made sure that they were respected and treateed fairly.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
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    Oliver Brown tried to enroll his black daughter into a whit school and was rejected. They took this issue to court and ended up going all the way to the Supreme court. The case was argued over for 3 years. Brown won the case and schools across the country were changed. They now could not turn down students that wanted to enroll into their school because of the students race.

  • Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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    One day in Montgomery, a woman named Rosa Parks challenged Jim Crow Laws and sat in the white section of the bus.