- 1896, in the case of Plessy vs. Ferguson it was stated that segregation in schools did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, equal rights for all, and that it was fine if races were relatively the same.
- 1954, it was ruled that there was to be no school segregation anywhere. Even though it became illegal for school segregation people still found loopholes.
- 1955, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus, she was arrested and started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1957, nine African-American kids are blocked from going into their school because they were African-American.
- 1957, Dwight Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to guard the Little Rock Nine so that they can go to school.
- 1960, four African-American college students protest by sitting in at a whites-only bar.
- 1962, Bull Connor, Birmingham Alabama's police chief, used tactics such as police dogs and high power fire hoses to suppress African-Americans.
- 1962, John F. Kennedy issues an order for 3,000 troops to restore piece in Birmingham.
- 1963, a bomb exploded in an African-American church killing four girls.
- 1963, John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
- 1964, A new law states that no public facilities are to be segregated.
- 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shot by James Earl Ray.
http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086
Monday, May 1, 2017
In the mind of a teacher. - RAFT
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