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Integrating Schools in Alabama

By hmn_16

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    Ruled that schools that are separate are inherently unequal.

  • Hitting Alabama

    Hitting Alabama
    Under court order, University of Alabama admits Autherine Lucy, first African American student. White residents riot against this getting Lucy suspended and then expelled for ¨Criticizing the University¨.

  • George Wallace Speaks his thoughts..

    George Wallace Speaks his thoughts..
    Governor George Wallace gave inaugural address promising his white followers ¨Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!¨

  • Who wants desegregation??

    Who wants desegregation??
    62% Americans
    73% Northerners
    31% Southerners
    During this tie this were the percentages of who all was for black and white students coming together.

  • Courageous Students

    Courageous Students
    Governor Wallace blocked the door of the enrollment office with state troopers to prohibit African American students from trying to enroll into the University of Alabama

  • JFK Saves the Day

    JFK Saves the Day
    President John F. Kennedy federalizes National Guard troops to enforce desegregation upon Governor Wallace

  • Two Brave Souls

    Two Brave Souls
    Two African American students, Vivan Malone and James A. Hood register successfully at University of Alabama despite George Wallace´s ¨stand in the schoolhouse door¨ - but only after Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard

  • SUCCESS- small success, but SUCCESS

    SUCCESS- small success, but SUCCESS
    This was the first time black and white are integrated in small numbers, but it still is happening in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Not only in secondary schools but as well as in public elementary schools.

  • Wallace back at it again..

    Wallace back at it again..
    Wallace tried again to block desegregation at Tuskegee High School in Huntsville therefore again Kennedy comes in with his troops and Wallace yielded his plans.

  • Civil Rights Act Adopted

    Civil Rights Act Adopted
    President John F. Kennedy proposed this and survived opposition of the South, was signed and saved by his successor now President Lyndon B. Johnson.This act ends segregation in public places and schools. Employment segregation of race, sex or religion was eliminated as well.

  • U.S. Still Segregated

    U.S. Still Segregated
    Schools still remain widely segregated especially in Alabama nearly a quarter of black students attend a school with white enrollment of 1% or less.