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Timeline of integration milestones after landmark ruling
A chronology from May 1954 to May 1955 tracks how U.S. Supreme Court desegregation ruling sparked actions across states. Highlights include NAACP calls for full integration and federal court orders end of segregation in schools, colleges, and public facilities, plus boycotts and legislative defenses of segregation.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
University of Florida
Louisiana State University
Louisville
District of Columbia Board of Education
Washington
Charleston
Ark
Missouri
Maryland
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Arkansas
Kansas
New Mexico
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Eugene Cook
Milford
Delwhite High School
Baltimore
Charley E. Jones
Southern Governors Conference
Boca Raton
Fla
Congress
White Citizens Councils
U.S
McNeese State College
Lake Charles
St. Louis
Oklahoma Board of Regents For Higher Education
Tennessee State Board of Education
Atty
C. Ferdinand Sybert
U.S. District
University of Alabama
Texas Board of Regents
Hoxie
Georgia Board of Education
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Columbia
S.C
Summerton
D.C
University of North Carolina
States Rights Council of Georgia, Inc
Texas Supreme Court
Marvin Griffin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Federation For Constitutional Government
Memphis, Tenn
Eastland
D-Miss
Thurmond
Autherine Lucy
Board of Trustees
Sen. George
D-Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Columbia, D.C
Davidson County
Nashville
Chancery
William J. Wade