To Kill A Mockingbird : 1950's Civil Rights Movement ( not specific dates for all events )
By 20tturner_89
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The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down segregation of African-Americans in graduate and law schools.
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Linda Brown, an 8-year-old girl in Topeka, Kan., lives within walking distance of a whites-only elementary school. Because of segregation, she has to travel by bus to a more distant school for African-American children. Her father sues the school board of Topeka, and the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case.
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The Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, arguing that "separate but equal" schools are inherently unequal. The decision legally prohibits school segregation, declaring it unconstitutional.
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On Aug. 28, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, is killed near Money, Miss., for allegedly whistling at a white woman. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till#
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In November, the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission forbids segregation on interstate buses and trains.
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On Dec. 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks#
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On court order, the University of Alabama admits its first African-American student, Autherine Lucy, but finds legal ways to prevent her attendance.
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The Supreme Court decision Cooper v. Aaron rules that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation.
