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A supreme court ruling that "seperate but equal" was unconstitutional in public education. This decision caused the blossom plan.
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Segregation groups organized in ARkansas to fight school integration, which were mostly comprised of white, middle and upper class people.
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Charlston Schools have finally integrated. Eleven african american students went to a white school but this was kept secret until Fayetteville integrated their schools.
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Happened only three weeks after Charlston schools desegregated. After the desegrgation, sports team would refuse to play the teams that included corlored people and the same thing happend in band compitions.
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When a "premier" african american high school had its last graduating class because of the blossom plan.
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Protests ended up pushing back the date of desegregation.
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A 14 year old boy was murdered for whistling at a white women as a joke. The killers went to court for the murder trail and were accused non guilty. Later on the killer came back and admitted that they had killed the yound black boy. Nothing was done to the killers.
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Was a written protest from southern members of congress in response to the Brown V. Board of Education decision to integrate schools.
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This happened only 10 days after the Brown V. Board of Education case was in trial. They atarted to desegregate the schools starting with high schools and then moving down to the younger grades,
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The National Guarsd was to keep the nine black students from entering the school.
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Faubus ordered guard to stay.
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By misscommunication Elizabeth arrived alone and was mobbes by other students and just people coming to watch. Everything was photographed and rocorded that day.
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The nine went through a side door to avoid the mobs and to also stay safe. Most of the students went about their day without any incidetns happening.
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Got in a fight with a white girl, then chili/'soup was dumped on the white girl. She was expelled. Then little yellow cards were passed around saying 1 down 8 to go.
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He was the only senior among the Little Rock nine and was the only one that graduated without significant incident. Lots of important people showed up for his graduation, including MLK Jr.
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This was done to avoid interegation and violence. 3500 students had to find other options.
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This is when the famous "I have a dream" speech was given in front of over 250,000 people.
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Was killed in Harlem for supporting blacks and trying ot speak for their rights.
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When activists walked from Selma to Montgomery. When they were walking they were gased and beaten by law enforcement. All of this was being watched on television.
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All citizens are allowed to vote equally and freely.
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The Civil Rights Act outlaws employment discrimination and segregation and also outlaws discrimination in public places.
