the Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that segregated schools are permissible under the state's constitution
Southern states secede from the Union. The Civil War begins.
The Civil War ends; the Thirteenth Amendment is enacted to abolish slavery.
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which bans racial discrimination in public accommodations.
Louisiana passes the first Jim Crow law requiring separate accommodations for Whites and Blacks.
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
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Brown v. Board of Education
In Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower federal courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
In Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower federal courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
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.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is passed prohibiting schools from discriminating against students with mental or physical impairments.
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
n Parents Involved, the Supreme Court finds voluntary school integration plans unconstitutional, paving the way for contemporary school segregation to escalate.