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The Supreme Court ruled for equal education opportunities
They did this because of the many court cases about this issue that were won by the NCAAP -
The University of Texas officials create new school
In response to an African American applying to an all white University, the school officials created an alternative law school for African Americans rather than admit the man as a student -
President Truman created the Committee on Civil RIghts
He created this committee in responce to all of the protests -
Truman Ended Segregation in the Military
Truman ended segregation in response to angry African American leaders -
Sweatt vs. Painter
The Supreme court ruled that the new law school for African Americans does not provide equal education opportunities -
Ending segregation in public schools
NCAAP decided to focus their legal efforts to ending segregation in public schools. Thurgood Marshall led the courtroom battles on this issue -
The Brown Case resolved segregation
After Brown vs. Board of Education, it was officially ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal -
Ordering public schools to desegregate
The Court made the ruling even stronger by ordering public schools to make the desegregation quicker when some people fought back -
Rosa Parks
The Rosa Parks case went to court because Rosa did not give up her seat on a bus for a white person -
Supreme Court Ruled Montgomery
The Mongomery segregated bus system was ruled illegal. That brought Martin Luther King Jr. to the forefront of the civil rights movement -
9 African American American student were admitted
They were known as the Little Rock Nine, and they were the first African American students to go to a highly segregated school, Central High School -
Ernest Green
ERnest Green was the first African American to graduate from Central High School