Events
The timeline for the 1992 film School Ties spans from its early 1980s conception and 1991
production to its theatrical release in 1950s-era
settingAndrew Jackson served as the seventh
president of the United States from March 4,
1829, to March 4, 1837Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a landmark U.S.
Supreme Court decision that upheld the
constitutionality of racial segregation under the
"separate but equal" doctrineThe United States remained neutral from 1914 to 1917, but entered WWI after Germany resumed
unrestricted submarine warfare and sent the Zimmerman Telegram. Officially declaring war on
April 6, 1917, the U.S. mobilized over 4 million
troops, helping turn the tide for the Allies and
tipping the scales toward victoryHarper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird spans three years (1933–1935) during the Great DepressionJim Crow laws began in the late 19th century, primarily after the end of the Reconstruction
Era in 1877. Following the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, white lawmakers began
passing local and state legislation that enforced
racial segregation, limited voting rights, and
established a system of white supremacyBrown v. Board of Education was a landmark
1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared state laws establishing racial segregation in
public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous 9-0 ruling declared that "separate educational
facilities are inherently unequal", overturning the
"separate but equal" doctrine previously
established by Plessy v. FergusonThe Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) was the turbulent post-Civil War period aimed at reuniting
the fractured nation, rebuilding the Southern
economy, and establishing civil rights for newly
freed African AmericansThe American Civil Rights Movement—predominantly spanning the mid-1950s to 1968—
was an organized effort by Black Americans to end legalized racial segregation,
disenfranchisement, and discrimination. The
movement's legislative milestones laid the
foundation for equal rights and protections under
the lawThe U.S. shifted from strict isolationism to total war between 1939 and 1941. Driven by the December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, America
officially entered WWII, rapidly mobilized its
industrial and military power to defeat the Axis
forces in the European and Pacific theaters by
1945the Ku Klux Klan was founded on December 24,
1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six Confederate veterans. Originally started as a fraternal
social club, it rapidly evolved into a militant
terrorist organization dedicated to
white supremacy and violently resisting
Reconstruction-era civil rights for Black Americans
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