Key NAACP trials

When and what was Smith V. AllWright?

1944

Allowed black Texans to vote in primaries (elections that pick candidates)

When and what was Morgan V. Virginia

1946

Ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal

When and what was Shelley V. Kramer?

1948

Houses in restrictive covenants (suburbs deliberately kept all white) could no longer refuse black clients

When and what was Henderson V. US?

1950

A supreme court ruling that said that segregation in railway cars was illegal following a government employee being discriminated against.

When and what was McLaurin V. Oklahoma state?

1950

Allowed a black student to pursue a PhD but he was still segregated

When and what was Sweatt V. Painter?

1950

Ruled that black students should be allowed to attend all white universities but only if the segregated universities did not offer the same course

When and what was Brown V. board of education?

1954

Ruled that the segregation of schools was unlawful as plessy v fergusson was declared unconstitutional