may 31, 1955 - Brown v. Board of Education

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African American students had been denied admission to public schools based on laws which segregated schools by race
The Supreme Court ruled that that separate but equal facilities were inherently unequal and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Was faced by resistance to the desegregation of schools
Lucy at University of Alabama: mob used violence after the college admitted Lucy, an African American
Little Rock Nine: a mob of segregationists swarmed the school after 9 African American students attempted to attend a white school; the military was deployed to protect these kids at Little Rock High School

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