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Truman responded to the pressure of racial segregation
Truman created the Commitee on Civil Rights to study racial discrimination -
sweatt v. painter
The supreme court ruled in sweatt v. painter that the new school did not provide African Americans with access to equal academic prestige, facility's, or instructors -
desegregation in school districts
Despite the courts order to desegregate schools with all deliberate speed, only three school districts in the entire south began to desegregate in 1954 -
Brown V. Board Of Education
In May 1954 the supreme cort ruled in the brown case that segregation in public school was illegal -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The NAACP helped to plan a challenge to Montgomery's bus segregation system -
Supreme Court Makes montgomery's bus system illegal
In November, 1956 the supreme court ruled that montgomery's segregated bus system was illegal -
Martin Luther King Jr.
The victory brought Martin Luther King jr. tot he forefront of the civil rights movement and energized the African American community -
Little Rock Nine
The board of education would select nine excelling African American students to attend Central High School in 1957 -
Daisy Bates
The president of Arkansas NAACP arranged rides to the high school for the students on September 4 -
Ernest Green's Graduation
In May 1958, Ernest Green became the first African American student from Central High School -
Governor Faubus
Governor Faubus fought integration and closed Little Rock public schools during the 1958-59 school year -
School integration
The schools finnaly reopen under court order in 1959 and began a process of slow integration