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Segregated public school system is created
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Supreme Court rules segregation legal-"separate but equal" doctrine
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Gregory Swanson is the first African American student at a white school in Virginia.
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The Supreme Court of Kansas rules "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This starts the journey for desegregation in other states.
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They refused to integrate, so they closed their schools. They were closed until 1964. White students attended private schools. The others were on their own.
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The Supreme Court ordered them to reopen.
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This act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
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Governor Holton puts his children back into previously all black schools in Richmond.
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Supreme Court limits busing in Richmond.
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Desegregation in public schools peaks, after this, many public schools in cities become more segregated.
