February 29 Autherine Lucy is ordered by the courts to be re-admitted to the university, only to be expelled by the Board of Trustees. November 13 United States Supreme Court decides in favor of Montgomery bus boycotters, by ruling bus segregation illegal. September Federal troops are sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce court-ordered desegregation of schools. Fall Publication of To Kill a Mockingbird . In North Carolina, an attempt is made to integrate lunch counters in Greensboro.
Freedom Riders attempt to test desegregation in the deep South.
Violence necessitates the deployment of federal troops. An attempt is made to integrate the University of Mississippi. Lives are lost in the violence that ensues. September 15 Four children die when the church they are attending is bombed in Birmingham. Inc. All rights reserved.