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Shelley v. Kraemer
The United States Supreme Court rules that lower courts may not enforce any restrictive housing covenants as a violation of the 14th Amendment. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
The United States Supreme Court rules that separate but equal is unconstitutional violating the 14th Amendment and the desegregation of schools across America begins. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery and sparks a citywide bus boycott against segregated busses; this protest helped bring Martin Luther King to national news coverage.
