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Little Rock Central Opens
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White Citizens Council Formed
Segregationist groups organized in Arkansas to fight school interigation, which were mostly comprised of white, middle and upper class people. -
Charleston Schools Desegregated
11 African Americans went to a white school. They were kept secret until Fayetteville schools desegregated. They refused to play sports or band. -
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
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Blossom Plan
10 Days after Brown Vs. Board of Education (formed). Started with High Schools, then moved to Elementary Schools. This Desegregated the schools. -
Fayetteville Public Schools Desegregated
3 weeks after Charlston Schools. Schools would refuse to play in sports or band competitions. -
Last Graduationg Class at Dumar High
"Premier" African American High School in Little Rock. -
Hoxie Schools Desegregated
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Horace Mann School Opened
All Black School. -
Southern Manifesto
A written protest from southern members of congress in response to the Brown VS Board of Education decision to integrate schools. -
Federal Judge Orders Desegregation
Judge Davies orders desegregation after Fabus sends in National Guard. -
Expected Date of Central High Desegregation
This was part of the blossom plan. -
Elizabeth Eckford Denied
She went to school by herself and was turned away. -
Faubus Gives Order to National Guard
Orval Faubus called in the National Guard to escort the black students form Little Rock Central High. -
Little Rock Nine are Escorted by Federal Troops
President Eisenhower has the Federal Troops to help the Little Rock Nine get into the school. -
Minnijean Brown Expelled
There was an arguement between her and a white student that ended with Minnijean throwing her soup on the white girl. She also said that a girl was "white trash". She was expelled. -
Ernest Green Graduates From Central
Ernest Green becomes the first African American to graduate from Central. -
Faubus Passes Special Law Allowing Him to Close Schools.
Governer Faubus passed a law that would close every school in Little Rock for one year because of desegregation. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Marches on Washington
This was when civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization and marched to Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
Federal Court Rules School-Closing as Unconstitutional
The US Supreme Court announces a special session to discuss the Little Rock desegregation issue. -
Emmett Till Dies
He was murdered by a couple of white kids that didn't get jailed for it, and this event made a major impact of the start of Desegregation in America. -
Johnson Signs The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was a law which outlawed most racial segregation. -
Voting Rights Act
All citizens are allowed to vote equally and freely. -
Malcolm X is Murdered
There was a party meeting in Harlem to join forces with sympethetic whites. Own religious organization of African-American unity. He fought for black rights. -
Bloody Sunday in Montgomery , Alabama
Activists walked from Selma to Montgomery were gased and beaten by law enforcement while being watched on television.
