1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZcMiJ1OWk&feature=related

2.  Homer Plessy boards a railroad car reserved for whites ◦ He was 1/8 black  Arrested for not moving  1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ◦ Supreme Court decided that the 14 th Amendment was not violated because while facilities were separated, they were equal

3.  Jim Crow laws are created ◦ Legalization of racial discrimination.

8.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g  The Brown family sued the school district – Starts the Civil Rights Movement  Supreme Court: segregation by race in schools is unconstitutional  Ordered desegregation to begin 1955

9.  1955-1956  Civil Rights activist  Woman  Refused to give up her seat  Started non-violent protest  1956 the US supreme court bans bus segregation

10. Non – violent protest --- Martin Luther King Jr.. U.S. Supreme Court bans bus segregation Rosa Parks

11. Little Rock High School - 1957 Ernest Green – “Little Rock Nine” Governor Orval Faubus - Arkansas President Eisenhower – Sends Federal Troops