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By Jane Runyon |
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1 Events in the 1950's set the wheels of change into motion. Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education led the Supreme Court to rule against segregation in public schools. By 1960, it was the law that children of all races were to attend the same schools. Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus led the courts to ban segregation on public transportation. These were bold first steps. But segregation still existed. Restaurants, theaters, restrooms, and drinking fountains still had signs reading "Colored" or "Whites Only." Groups such as the NAACP learned early that they would make no headway in gaining civil rights using force or violence.