Board vs. Brown of Education

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
  • NAACP begins fighting inequality

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
  • Arkansas Govenor calls in National Guard to protect colored students entering school - became known as "Little Rock Nine"

  • Schools begin truly attempting desegregation through the 60's-70's.

  • Busing is used as a controversial way to integrate schools

    Busing is used as a controversial way to integrate schools
  • Government begins moving away from "desegregation" plans due to limitations on what can be done to remedy the past.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site is opened in Topeka KS

    Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site is opened in Topeka KS
  • Supreme Court strikes down plans in Seattle & Louisville which would have desegregated students by assigning them to schools by race.