1954 - The Brown v. Board of Education decision was handed down by the Supreme Court.

1955 - Governor Stanley appoints a Commission to figure out how to desegregate the public schools.

1955 - The Gray Report is published. It encouraged local option and tuition credits for white children who did not want to attend integrated schools.

1956 - The Gray Plan received support by the voters in a special referendum.

1956 - Governor Stanley took this vote to mean that Virginians still wanted separate schools.

1956 - The Richmond Times Dispatch ran editorials on "Interposition" a legal theory that allowed a state to place itself between the federal courts and its citizens when it thought the federal government had over stepped its bounds.

1956 - Governor Stanley calls a Special Session of the Virginia General Assembly. The body passes laws that give the Governor the power to withdraw funding and close schools that attempt to comply with Brown v. Board of Education.

1959 - The legal manoeuvering comes to an end. More courts rule against Massive Resistance.

1960 - Governor Almond capitulates and directs all school districts to integrate.

1968 - Tuition grants and segregated schools are struck down by a series of court cases in Virginia.