Early Civil Rights

  • Plessy v. Fergusson

    Plessy v. Fergusson

    A court case that allowed segregation saying it was seperate but equal.
  • The founding of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

    The founding of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

    A group of interracial students that thought of ways to challenge segregation like using sit ins.
  • Integration of baseball

    Integration of baseball

    In 1947 the first african american baseball player joined an MLB team Jackie Robinson changed sports
  • The Dixiecrats

    The Dixiecrats

    A political party that promoted segregation and thought that it was the right way things should be. They were mostly in the south.
  • Civil Rights issues in the 1948 election

    Civil Rights issues in the 1948 election

    President Truman delivered speeches about ending segregation and making the armed forces equal. Many people thought that this was outrageous but some people liked the ideas. Enough people did so Truman got elected.
  • Desegregation of the military

    Desegregation of the military

    July 26, 1948
    Ended segregation in the U.S. armed forces
    ended during the korean war
  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Sweatt v. Painter

    This supreme court case got rid of the separate but equal segregation put in place by plessy v. Ferguson in 1896
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    A supreme court case that stated that segregated schools were unconstitutional even if they were equal in quality.