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First Lawsuit Against Segregated Schools
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) started filing lawsuits against the unfair segregation in America. -
Most Popular Case, Oliver Brown Lawsuit
By filing a class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Oliver Brown, the father of a young girl who was denied acceptance into an all-white school, fought to change the unfair segregation of schools. -
Student Led Walk Out
Students at Adkin High School in Kinston, North Carolina, organized a walkout protesting the fact that predominantly black schools didn't have the same privileges and standard of education that white schools did. A total of 720 students protested for a better learning environment and eventually got the school renovated but no desegregated. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
When the Oliver Brown cases and four school segregation cases went to court, the supreme court just combined them into one case, calling it the Brown v. Board of Education Topeka. -
Little Rock Nine
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to escort and protect nine African American students who were attending an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. -
Greensboro Sit-In
A group of students refused to give up their seats in a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. As the protests continued, about 300 students ended up sparking a peaceful protest, having a very impactful mark on the civil rights movement. -
Young African American Man Goes to An all White School
Willie “Chuck” Jenkins was pushed by his mother to attend an all-white school- Bogalusa Junior High School in 1967. He felt as though he was not accepted by either the white or black community because of his connection to both opposing groups.
