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On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine in place since 1896, and sparking massive resistance among white Americans committed to racial inequality. The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v.

Parents organized protests and school boycotts, and in 1980, the district adopted the community-driven Comprehensive Desegregation Plan.

Oregon was a source of social mobility for whites from the eastern United States. Much of the prime farmland in the eastern states had long since been claimed by the 1840s. Other land was available in lots of 160 acres if someone had been "squatting" on it for some time and established themselves.

These lawsuits were combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools in 1954.

Oregon History: Chronological Events - 1543-1850 Bartolome Ferrelo possibly reaches southwest coast. ... Manila Galleon trade route opens across North Pacific. ... Sir Francis Drake allegedly visits Oregon. ... Sebastian Vizcaino possibly sights Cape Sebastian. ... San Francisco Xavier probably wrecks at Nehalem.

Harrison Street school, shown here in about 1880, was in operation when William Brown asked for his children to be admitted to Portland's public schools. The city's schools were officially integrated in 1873.

After the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, which banned segregated school laws, school segregation took de facto form. School segregation declined rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s as the government became strict on schools' plans to combat segregation more effectively as a result of Green v.