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Little Rock school district's original desegregation plan, proposed by the superintendent, Virgil Blossom.
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US Supreme court ruling that stated the policy of "sparate but equal" in public education was unconstitutional.
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It was integrated by 6 African American high school students.
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Since it was close to Central High School, most of the students went there.
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He was 14 when he was murdered because he whistled at a married white woman.
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written protest from southern members of congress in response to the Brown vs the Board of Education decision to integrate schools.
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White people against integrating schools.
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Faubus told them to surround the school. He told them to prevent the 9 African American students from going into Central High.
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Eckford arrived at Central instead of a changed meeting place. The National Guard wouldn't let her in, so she went home. It was a miscomunication.
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She was expelled for dumping chili on a white student.
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The only senior among the nine, Ernest Green, graduates. LIttle Rock police and federal troops attend graduation ceremonies.
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Faubus allows this to avoid integration. More than 3,500 high school students have to find a different school to attend.
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The high schools would start back in the fall.
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Two hundred and fifty thousand march on Washingtion, D.C., as Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Presedent Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which outlaws employment discrimination and segregation or discrimination in public places.
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Malcolm X is murdered in New York City.
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Activists walking from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, are gassed and beaten by law enforcement while thousands watch on television.
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Lyndon Signs the Voting Rights Act, which requires that all citizens be allowed to vote equally and freely.
