1971 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Event Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1964 Event Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut 1954 Event School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1946 Event President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces
