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The Desegregation of Schools as a Major Problem in the USA in the 1950s

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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. However in the 1950s, segregation stepped over its boundaries with the Brown Vs Board of Education case.

This crucial legal case reached the Supreme Court in 1954. Linda Brown, in an appeal brought by her father tried to attend a local white school instead of going to an all black school …show more content…

However, this became a major problem because not everyone agreed with the abolishment of segregation from the constitution.

Events in the town of Little Rock reveal another example of southern resistance to integrated education. The NAACP sent nine students to the Little Rock School but was stopped by the Governor of Arkansas, Orval E. Faubas who had no intention of agreeing with the Brown Verdict because he was against the idea of desegregation. He attempted to prevent the process of allowing those students into the school but was successfully beaten by President Eisenhower.

Another governor going by the name Herman Tallmadge of Georgia also disagreed with the idea of desegregation and showed this by making it illegal to spend money on the schools. Governors like Faubas and Tallmadge were one of the reasons for the desegregation of schools becoming a major problem because they deliberately tried to make things difficult, not only for black people but also for the Supreme Court who had removed the idea of segregation from the constitution.

Before the idea of desegregation, America was stampeded with horrific white supremacists such as the KKK (Ku Klux Klan). Treating black people in the deadliest ways possible were their joy, which led to black people (in particular students), feeling frightened and beaten. It explains their

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