civil rights photo story

  • segregated school house

    segregated school house
    Schools were first segregated in 1896 during the Jim Crow era which was ended by the re-look of the 14th amendment.
  • Segregated trains before the Civil Rights movement

    Segregated trains before the Civil Rights movement
    Segregation often meant that African Americans were seperated from any white people and everything was labeled either "white" or "colored". For instance, train cars were segregated as well as many other public places.
  • Segregated water fountains

    Segregated water fountains
    Many public water fountains were segregated and most of the time white people got the more high end cleaner water fountains than the African Americans.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    After segregation was proved unconstitutional by the Supreme Court it forced schools to desegregate a.k.a integrate.
  • Little Rock nine

    Little Rock nine
    In 1957, Little Rock High School in Arkansas was desegregated and nine black students enrolled to attend there that year. The students needed guards to escort them from class because of all the violence.
  • Riots against integration

    Riots against integration
    People against integration were violent and and often caused riots in the streets trying to rally against desegregated schools and public works.
  • Integrated classrooms

    After the Integration of Little Rock High School in Arkansas, other schools began to integrate. after segregation was proved unconstitutional by the 14th Amendment schools were influenced more into the desegregation of students.
  • Schools now

    Schools now
    Schools are now desegregated permanently.