African Americans

African american lawyer and civil rights advocate who developed the strategy for brown v board

The lawyer who who argued on the side of civil rights in brown v board

The supreme court case which rulled that seperate but equal was constitutional and started it

In 1950 she wrote the original complaint in the case of brown vs board of education, first woman to argue a case in front of the supreme court

Supreme court decided that no political party or organization can keep anyone from voting.

Maryland court of appeals ruled that university of maryland could not deny a student based on race, with no seperate but equal facility

Supreme court ruled that the university of oklahoma must educate blacks in their schools, cannot deny based on race

Supreme court that ruled texas university could not deny applicant based on race, must have seperate but equal facility

Supreme court decision holding that states that provide a school to white students must provide in-state education to blacks as well. States can satisfy this requirement by allowing blacks and whites to attend the same school or creating a second school for blacks.

Landmark supreme court decision that desegregated schools and declared seperate but equal unconstitutional.

White supremecist group which used terror to supress black people.

In 1955, the Supreme Court considered arguments by the schools requesting relief concerning the task of desegregation. In their decision, which became known as "Brown II"^[50] the court delegated the task of carrying out school desegregation to district courts with orders that desegregation occur "with all deliberate speed," many schools took the phrase as an excuse to slow desegregation.

Group of students in little rock who were initially not allowed to enter school after desegregation, had to be escorted by national guard because of threats.

Test used for brown v board, which proved that because of segregation back children thought badly of their own race.

Unite other white politicians and leaders in Virginia in a campaign of new state laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954