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Supreme Court rules equal educational schools.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1938 that every state had to offer equal educational opportunities. So law and medical schools had to provide institutes for African Americans. -
Civil Rights Activists Protest
In the summer of 1946, a group of civil rights activists protested outside the white house. They protested for African American rights. -
Protestors marched to Lincoln Memorial
In the summer of 1946, nearly 15,000 protestors marched ot the Lincoln Memorial to demand that the Ku Klux Klan be outlawed. -
Truman creates Committee on CIvil Rights
President Truman responded to the pressure of protests and created the Committee on Civil Rights to suggest federal solutions to this problem. -
Truman ends military segregation
Truman ended segregation in the military. He also banned racial discrimination in hiring of federal emloyees. -
Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt v. Painter
In 1950 the Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt vs Painter that the new school did not provide African Americans equal access to academic prestige, facilities, or instructors. The court ordered that the school had to admit Sweatt. -
The Supreme Court ruled that public school segregation is illegal
In the case Brown v. Board of Education, Linda Brown had to walk very far to an African American school, so they sued saying that schools can't have segregation. The case ruled that Brown was right and segregation in public schools was illegal. -
Supreme Courts made it's ruling stronger
Supreme Court made it's ruling stronger, ordering public schools to desegregate with all deliberate speed. They overturned their previous decision ruling schools had established seperate-but-equal schools. -
Supreme Court makes segregated buses illegal
The Supreme Court declared this bus system illegal. And MLKJ was brought to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine african-american students were selected to take place in a gradual desegregation plan. Elizabeth Eckford was a member who was assaulted one day by a mob to get to school. -
Schools begin to desegregate
In 1957, schools slowly begin to desegregate and become equal. -
Little Rock Schools Close
Governor Faubus fights integration by closing Little Rock schools.They did not re-open until 1959.
