may 17, 1954 - Desegregation of Schools
Description:
Many states across the US had mandatory segregation laws that require African Americans and white children to attend separate schools, until the Supreme Court ruling in 1954. Resistance to this ruling was so widespread that courts issued a new decision in 1955, that ordered school districts to integrate "with all deliberate speed"Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1954
Now
~ 70 years ago
