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Sweatt v. Painter
Successfully challenged the "seperate but equal" doctrine -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Supreme Court decides to abolish segregated schools, but schools are still segregated long after. -
First black child to attend all-white school
William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act which empowers Department of Justice to sue school districts that fail to desegrate and strip them of federal funds. -
Title IX
No person will be excluded from education programs or descriminated against based on their sex. -
President Reagan Cuts Fed. Desegregation Funding
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Proposal 209 passed in California
State can't discriminate against an individual based on their race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting -
No Child Left Behind Act