To Kill A Mockingbird : 1950's Civil Rights Movement ( not specific dates for all events )
By 20tturner_89
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In 1950
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down segregation of African-Americans in graduate and law schools. -
In 1951
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. -
In May 1954
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. -
In August 1955
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# -
In November, 1955
In November, the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission forbids segregation on interstate buses and trains. -
In December 1955
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# -
In 1956
On court order, the University of Alabama admits its first African-American student, Autherine Lucy, but finds legal ways to prevent her attendance. -
In 1958
The Supreme Court decision Cooper v. Aaron rules that a threat of mob violence is not reason enough to delay school desegregation.
