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Texas School of Law v. Sweatt
The U.S Supreme court decreed that Texas Law School cannot create a segregated school that truly would be equal. Following that decree, the Supreme Court ordered Texas Law school to admit Heman M. Sweatt, a black man, who enrolled in that school. -
Minniejean Brown Unfairly Suspended
Minniejean Brown, one in a group of nine black people, gets suspended from Little Rock Central High School for dumping chili on the head of a white student who had been calling them 'the n-word' She would be expelled the following February for calling a girl white trash. -
Eisenhower Intervenes
President Dwight D. Eisenhower makes a step toward equality. He orders the deployment of federal troops to enforce the integration at Little Rock Central High School. -
First Black Graduate
Ernest Green graduated from Little Rock Central Highschool becoming the first of the nine black people sent to that school. During the ceremony, he recalls "there was eerie silence. Nobody clapped. But I figured they didn't have to... I had accomplished what I had what come there for." -
Black Students of Greensboro Protest
"Four Black students from the all-black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State, Greensboro, enter a department store and sit down at an area reserved for white people." The students continue to silently protest daily for five months until Woolworth (the store) agreed to serve the black people. -
SNCC
"In Raleigh, North Carolina Ella Baker, a civil rights organizer, gathers a group of student activists to discuss strategies for ending segregation. The group officially formed into the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee." -
Mayhem on Campus
James Meredith, the first black person to enroll, arrived at the University of Mississippi causing an uproar and rioting. Federal troops were deployed to "quell the mayhem on campus" and in the process, a reporter and bystander are killed.