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Though never declared law, it stayed true through mid 1900's
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This challenged the seperate-but-equal schools.
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Though UofT didn't accept black students, such as Heman Sweatt, he applied anyways beginning the Sweatt v. Painter case. The Supreme Court finally ordered Sweatt to be admitted.
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After being pressured to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan from a protest of pro-civil rights activists, Truman creates the Committee on Civil Rights to study racial discrimination.
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After African American leaders became frustrated as months passed with little action by Truman or Congress, he finally desegregates the military.
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This occured after the Brown case was settled
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This marked a very good step forward towards desegragating buses and other public transportation system.
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This was a victory for MLKJ and energized the African American community.
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This helped begin the slow desgregation of schools in the south
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This marks a large step for integration.
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He continuously opposes integration and will close down the public schools to keep them segregated
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Sept. 10, 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to allow James Meridith to attend the school.