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the Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that segregated schools are permissible under the state's constitution
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Southern states secede from the Union. The Civil War begins.
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The Civil War ends; the Thirteenth Amendment is enacted to abolish slavery.
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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which bans racial discrimination in public accommodations.
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Louisiana passes the first Jim Crow law requiring separate accommodations for Whites and Blacks.
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he Supreme Court rejects Texas' plan to create a new law school for black students rather than admit an African American to the state's whites-only law schoo
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The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Brown v. Board of Education
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In Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower federal courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
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In Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower federal courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
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The Court approves busing, magnet schools, compensatory education and other tools as appropriate remedies to overcome the role of residential segregation in perpetuating racially segregated schools.
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is passed prohibiting schools from discriminating against students with mental or physical impairments.
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School integration reaches its all-time high; almost 45% of black students in the United States are attending majority-white schools. 1991 Emphasizing that court orders are n
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n Parents Involved, the Supreme Court finds voluntary school integration plans unconstitutional, paving the way for contemporary school segregation to escalate.