A Look at Desegregation as a Part of a Larger Phenomenon in American History

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The first successful court case for desegregation, known as Roberto Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District, occurred in the 1930s of southwest California in San Diego County. The testimony won in favor of civil rights for the Mexican community of Lemon Grove. The 1900s was a time of social prejudice concerning the Mexican community within the state; many of which have been settled for generations. This basis for animosity served to spark refute within minorities. The Lemon Grove Incident set future success against segregation and hope for civil rights to all Americans.

The Desegregation of Schools as a Major Problem in the USA in the 1950s Segregation was always one of the layers of "the economically rising" America. It was the despicable separation of black and white people. This way of life really contradicted the "all men are created equal with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", commitment which is contained in the US declaration of Independence.

During the 1950’s southern schools were racially segregated. Blacks and whites had to attend different schools. The separate school systems weren’t equal and did not abide by the 14th amendment. Schools for white children received more money from the public. Black children were often pulled out school because they were needed on the farm. Many of their parents were sharecroppers. To plant and harvest enough crops the children had to work alongside their parents. There weren’t many public schools available for blacks. If a town didn’t have enough money for two separate schools, they built only one school for white children. Southern schools were not complying with the 14th

When looking back at the historical context of this nation, people of color have always been at a disadvantage. People of color were often considered inferior compared to their white counterparts and often were denied certain rights and privileges based on their color of their skin and culture. The history of this country has been founded on the slavery of African Americans as well as the colonization of other people of color such as Latino/a (s). In regards to education, the desegregation of schools in the 1950s and 60s has caused an uproar within America because many were not ready to desegregate their institutions, causing people of color to be discriminated against even further. James Meredith is an example of discrimination. Before being

Throughout the years, the people of this nation have faced many a hardship that one could consider naught how challenging the tasks were. With the times being that grim, it seemed as if the goal of equality was just a dream hanging from the clouds. Although, a recent chain of events had brought everyone's judgement into questioning: the civil rights movement. Without the court cases involved, the grand quest for abolishing racism would not have made as big an influence as it had. These three court cases have aided the desegregation of the country: Shelley vs. Kraemer, Loving vs. Virginia, and Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.

I enjoyed watching the Lemon Grove Incident even though it was an older movie, but it showed us the first successful, and most meaningful United States school desegregation case. The segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students was extremely unfair in my opinion. Pushing children that couldn’t speak English and Mexican children that didn’t speak Spanish to a Mexican school was a racist act without any concern for their mental wellbeing. Mexican children that didn’t speak Spanish is just the same as white American children and shouldn’t be discriminated against. There is no difference at all except for maybe one’s skin is darker, but absolutely has nothing to do with the English language. What was more shocking to me was that 95%

Was it a good thing that school became desegregated? Yes, this was a great move for the United States for all students to learn and better their education fairly. If everyone is learning the amount of innovations and inventions would be endless. Many people learned new cultures and how to get along either other races even though there was riots. I’m ever much so grateful and happy that schools became desegregated because it is helping me today get to where I want to work at for a career job. To get a career job it requires me to have a certain degree and if you have a higher degree.

Before post segregation, African American and White American students were separated by the lack of equal opportunities and role models. In the segregated south, White Americans and African Americans

Nixon himself came out adamantly against school busing as an infringement on the rights of people to live in their communities undisturbed.

The African American society as a whole found many obstacles of racial segregation during the middle of the 20th century. Throughout history, African American faced problems with segregation because of the color of their skin. For example, in the beginning of the 1950’s a court case came up called Brown v. Board of education, this famous court case stopped the segregation in schools that caused black kids to receive an unequal education in comparison to white kids (History.com). Before this famous court case the Jim Crow Laws forced kids to attend

The education system in the United States has gone through many changes spanning all the way from the 1800’s to today. The integration of other races and cultures into our schools have played in integral part in the historical development of the U.S. educational system. It has also allowed more access to all students to experience education. The desegregation of schools also started the conversation about allowing Blacks to have equal access to the same water fountains, public transportation, restrooms, and public spaces, as Whites. It is important to note the differences between desegregation and integration. The distinction between these two terms are crucial because in the constitution law the Supreme Court has never enforced integration, but does prohibit segregation. Desegregation is defined as “provisions articulated in law or practice that eliminate the isolation of members of a particular group into separate functional units” (ASHE Higher Education Report p.12). Integration is the incorporation of individuals and groups as equals into society. Desegregation had to take place before integration could even begin to become a proposal.

“Oliver Brown’s… eight year old daughter had to travel 21 blacks to get to her school despite the fact that there was one just 7 blocks from her home” (Historylearningsite). Since, there was a law for segregation even if there was a school near, if it was for white-only the colored could not attend. This was limiting towards African Americans, because they could only attend schools for specifically for the colored. Also, the black schools received far less financial support than did white schools (Vahistorical). This resulted in the classrooms being small and cramped. The textbooks that was provided were discarded from the white schools. In South Carolina, public funding for white schools were 3 times the amount given to the blacks. There was barely any colleges for the colored and for African Americans to get an admitted to colleges, many were only accepted when the court got involved. Discrimination put segregation in place resulting in African american not getting the full education, they could’ve

The historical events that shaped the social and political status of African American education between 1910 and 1960 revolved mainly around the issues of slavery. The constrained African American education was mainly applied as a method quelling fears of slavery rebellions, which intensified the African American people’s desire for education. After the abolition of slavery, education for African American people was consigned to poorly funded and segregated educational institutions. Racial segregation in the US was a term that included segregation of services and facilities including medical care, education, housing, transportation, and employment along racial lines. This implies that segregation referred to social and legal enforced separation

One of these is busing. Bell states that busing “deprives whites and many black parents of their ‘freedom’ to choose their children’s schools. Combine this with white fear of racial mixing in the community led to what is called white flight. Whites fled to suburbs while urban schools became more racially isolated than before busing. In one example Bell gives, a Los Angeles school went from 65 percent in 1963 to 17 percent in the late 1970s. On top of it, the black students often went to white schools where they were treated poorly and their parents didn’t have a say in the school policies because they lived too far