The Supreme Court ruled that every state had to offer equal educational opportunities.
Heman applied to the law school at the university on Texas which did not accept black students.
Truman created the comitee on Civil Rights.
Truman ended segragation in the military.
Supreme Court ruled in sweatt v. Painters that the new school did not provide African Americans with access ro equal academic prestige, facilities, or instructors.
Supreme Court ruled Brown case that segragation was illegal in school.
Only 3 schools in the enitre south began to desegragate
Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat.
Supreme Court ruled that Montgomerys segragated bus system was illegal.
School board selected 9 african american students known as the Little rock 9 to attend central highschool.
Ernest green became the first african amercian to graduate from central highschool.
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Little rock public schools are closed.
The Supreme Court ordered thge university of Mississippi to accept James Meredith