-
Legislature declares that separate education must be equal.
-
A court order requires the University of North Carolina to admit minority students to its graduate and professional schools. Floyd B. McKissick, Harvey Beech, J. Kenneth Lee, and James Lassiter become the first African Americans admitted to the law school.
-
Catholic parish schools in North Carolina begin desegregation
-
Elementary schools at Fort Bragg army base are desegregated.
-
In response to the Brown decision, the Greensboro school board begins an effort to desegregate the city's public schools.
-
Integration of schools is introduced.
-
Attempts to delay or stop desegregation.
-
The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill admits the first African American freshmen: Leroy Frasier, John Lewis Brandon, and Ralph Frasier
-
Was an amendment to the Compulsory School Attendance Law so that students might be excused from attending an integrated public school.
-
North Carolina institutes the freedom-of-choice plan, which allows parents to choose the public schools their children attend.