Plessy sits in the white-only train car and gets arrested for it. He challenges his arrest and is sent to court, where they established the separate but equal doctrine. The court ruled that racial segregation was okay.
I refuse to move!
you need to leave this train car, now!
Get out!
After the Plessy vs Ferguson case, segregation got worse. So the black people decided to protest peacefully by sitting in a public place, known as a sit in.
No! Whites only!
Smith, a black voter, was told by Allwright that he was unable to vote. The Texas Democratic party required that all people voting had to be white. Thurgood Marshall argued in this case and was part of the NAACP who fought to end segregation.
Why not?!
What are you doing? You can't vote in the primary election!
Sweatt, a black man, wanted to attend a law school but was rejected due to his race. The NAACP argued that the university was unequal. So the court ruled that the school should provide separate but equal facilities. All students were allowed to attend the university.
Thurgood Marshall
This is not right because the university is violating the 14th amendment!
African American students were not allowed to attend certain public schools. Thurgood Marshall argued that the separation of public education violated the 14th amendment. The supreme court agreed with Marshall and declared that public schools should no longer be segregated.
Thurgood Marshall
Once the Brown v. board of education case had past, the public schools were no longer segregated. All students were able to learn and receive education.