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The Supreme Court ruled that every school had to offer equal educational opportunities.
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An African American applied to the law school at the University of Texas, which did nit accept black students. The school chose to create a different law school for black students.
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A group of civil rights activits protested outside the Whitehouse. Their signs told Truman to "Speak, Speak, Mr. President."
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President Truman reponded to the presure from the protest outsie the Whitehouse. He made a committee called the Committee on Civil Rights. They studied racial discrimination and suggest federal solutions to the problem.
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Truman ended segregation in the military.
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The new school did not provide African Americans with access to equal academic prestige, facilities or instructors.
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The Supreme Coart ruled in the Brown Case that segregation in public schools is illegal.
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Only three school districts in the entire south began to desegregate in 1954.
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The court made its ruling stronger, ordering public schools to desegrate with all deliberate speed.
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African American seamstress refused to give up her seat to a white person.
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The supreme court ruled that Montgomery's Segregated bus system was illegal.
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The school board selected 9 outstanding African American students to attend Central Highschool in 1957.
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Ernest Green became the first African American student to graduate from Central High
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The schools finaly reopened after court order in 1959 and began a proscess of slow integration.