US civil rights: 1953-1956
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- Created on: 23-05-16 14:07
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- American civil rights: 1953-1956
- 1953
- 19th-24th June: the Baton Rouge bus boycott takes place
- 1954
- 17th May: the SC rules in case Brown v. Board of Education against segregation in public schools
- 1955
- Keys v. Carolina Coach Co. is decided by the SC, closing a legal loophole used by bus companies to impose segregation
- 2nd March: Claudette Colvin is arrested
- 1st December: Rosa Parks is arrested
- 5th December: the Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
- 1956
- February: four state legislatures pass interposition resolutions
- 20th December: the Montgomery Bus Boycott ends
- 5th June and 13th June: the SC rules in Browder v. Gayle against bus segregation
- 13th November: the Supreme Court upholds its previous ruling in the case Browder v. Gayle
- 1953
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