A timeline can be a powerful learning tool because it reveals a pattern in events. While few would consider St. Augustine, Florida a hotbed of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, a selection of background information and a timeline of...

Gives the background to the Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

Discusses the famous Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

In the early 1960s civil rights activists put the ban on segregation to the test. In 1961, "Freedom riders," boarded buses headed south to test the federal ban on segregated travel. And in 1962, the University of Mississippi was ordered...

Provides a background summary for the Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka case.

Read about the famous civil rights protest in Little Rock, Kansas in 1957 when nine African American students attempted to enter Central High School on the first day of school. Despite the presence of federal troops at the school for the...

A biographical look at Ruby Bridges who became famous at six years of age by being the first Black child to attend a desegregated school in America.

Follow the development of the educational system in Arkansas. What struggles and challenges did education face historically? What were the effects of segregation, then of desegregation on the schools?

Judge Elbert Tuttle was influential during and following the Civil Rights Movement as described in this concise biography.

Follow the civil rights quest for integrated schools from the beginning in 1849 through the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education and the struggle that ensued for decades following in the most reluctant...

Discusses the issues of cultural and racial differences and how these should be addressed in schools. Includes objectives and lesson activities.

After the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. The Topeka Board of Education, the battle for school integration really began as documented in this Digital History article.