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When the colored African American veterans returned from WWII they focused on the voting discrimination. Their fees, literary tests, and threats of violence restricted them of voting or even registering to vote.
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president truman responded to the pressure and he created the committee on civil rights to study racial discrimination
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Truman not only ended segregation in the military, but he also banned racial discrimination in the hiring of federal employees.
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President Truman ended military segregation because of the frustration of the african american leaders.
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The Supreme Court ruled in the Sweatt v. Painter case that the new school would not provide African Americans with equal academic supplies, teachers, and facilities.
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the supreme court ruled in the brown case that segregation in public schools is illegal.
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An African American seamstress, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus. She was arrested.
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The supreme court ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system illegal.
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In 1957, Central High School choose the nine most outstanding African American students to represent the Little Rock Nine and they would attend their school.
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In late September, Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce desegregation at Central High. And when the troops left, Eisenhower ordered the Arkansas National Guard to protect the colored students.
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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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James Meredith was the university of Mississippi's first african american student. on september 25 governor barnett blocked him from attending and on september 30 there was a deadly riot on campus and finally on october 1, 1962 he attended his first class.
