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An African American named Heman Sweatt applied to the law school at the University of Texas, which did not accept black students.
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The Committee on Civil RIghts was created to study racial discrimination in the military and throughout the U.S. and suggested federal solutions to the problem. This committee was made by President Truman.
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Truman ended segregation in the military.
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Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt vs. Painter that the new school did not provide African AMericans with access to equal acedemic prestige.
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In the 1950s decided to focus its legal efforts on ending segregation in public schools.
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7 year old Linda Brown is not allowed to go to the nearby white school, and is forced to attend the all black school across town.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, and was arrested. This caused Nixon to start the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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70% of regular passengers stopped riding the bus, including almost all of the city's African Americans and som whites. African Americans started a carpool system to replace the bus.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Mongomery's segregated bus system was illegal.
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The school board selected 9 outstanding African American students, know as the Little Rock Nine, to attend Central Highschool in 1957.
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The Little Rock Nine go to school, and soldiers and mobs at the school don't allow the students to enter. The students were chased out of the school.
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The Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to accept James Meredith as its first African American student.
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Meredith finally attended his first class at the University of Texas.