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It was a unanimous decision that segregation in public schools violates the 14th amendment. (Equal Protection)
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Tuscaloosa opens 2 new High Schools. One for white teenagers and one for black teenagers.
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A group of southern senators and congressman sign a resolution condemning Brown vs Board. They pledge to fight federally mandate integration.
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9 African American students attempted to attend an all white high school.
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George Wallace the governor of Alabama gave his inaugural speech "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
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Gov. George Wallace block the entrance of the Foster Auditorium to protest the integration at the public University of Alabama. Later the university was desegregated.
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94 protesters are sent to jail and 33 were sent to a hospital when violence breaks out at a civil rights rally in Tuscaloosa.
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The law gives the Department of Justice to sue any school district that fails to desegregate ans strip them from federal funds.
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The Department of Justice sues Tuscaloosa to force desegregation under the statewide desegregation lawsuit.
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The Supreme Court rules that Hispanics are also protected under Brown, and allowed desegregation in districts without a history of de jure segregation.
