brown vs board of education

By brenda_adams

  • Homer Adolph Plessy was born

    New Orleans

  • Plessy sits on white train car.

    Homer Adolph Plessy, who was 1/8th black, sat in the "whites" train car. He refused to leave and was arrested.

  • Plessy vs Ferguson Decided

    It is decided that it is not unconstitutional to have seperate but equal facillities for blacks and whites. as long as the facilities for the seperate races were equal, the segregation did not violate the fourteenth amendment.

  • Homer Adolph Plessy's death

  • Brown vs. Board of Education Argued

  • Brown vs. Board of Education Reargued

  • Brown vs. Board of education Decided

    it is decided that "...Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal..." and intergration in schools began.

  • Orval Faubus orders National Guard

    Governer Orval Faubus orders National Guard to block entry of the black students into the school.

  • Eisenhower Intervenes

    President Eisenhower orders the 101st Airborne to overpower the National Guard and escort the students into the school.

  • Plessy vs Ferguson Argued