The Importance Of Segregation In America

On September 25, 1957 nine courageous children risked their lives to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Due to resistance by the state government and public hostility, federal troops were necessary to let nine African American children attend the school. Although the Supreme Courts Landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education cut down racial segregation in public schools, it was the actions of these nine young kids of school integration that tested the strength of that decision.

In Spite of the devastating history of segregation in the United States. A lot has changed in the past fifty years since segregation ended. The United States shifted from arresting African Americans for using “white only” facilities to integrated schools all over the country. Influential individuals such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr helped pave the way for African Americans to live as equals to along with their white counterparts in the United States of America.

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957. Their attendance at the school was a test of Brown v. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. On September 4, 1957, the first day of classes at Central High, Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students’ entry into the high school. Later that month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school.

In 1954 the Supreme Court announced that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional in the court case Brown v. Board of Education. Little Rock Nine occurred after the court decided to desegregate schools, it was a civil rights event where nine African American students integrated Little Rock high school in Arkansas in September of 1957. As the nine students went to school in September a mob of the white students who opposed desegregation swarmed the entrance to the Arkansas high school. The nine student sought protection from National Guardsmen, in fear that the mob would get to out of control. Little Rock Nine was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement because it encouraged the integration of schools.

In 1957 in Little Rock Arkansas schools were integrated for the first time. The Little Rock Nine were a group that started the integration process. This group had nine black girls and boys that went to Central High school to start the integration. This was a huge contribution to the civil rights movement. These events were illuminated by using photographs, news, and television. Although the events were not always portrayed in the perspective of the African-Americans.

Throughout the 1950’s segregation and civil rights was a big problem, but in 1957 three years after the U.S Supreme Court ruled segregation of American schools unconstitutional with the case of Brown vs. Board of Education a huge uprising took place when nine African American students integrated an all white school, they would become known as the little rock nine. “The Little Rock Nine were recruited by Daisy Gaston Bates President of the Arkansas NAACP and co publisher with her husband L.C Bates of Arkansas State Press”( “Integration of Central High School”). Before any of the students started school they participated in intensive counseling sessions guiding them on what to expect once classes began an how to respond to hostile

Little rock nine is the group of students the help integrate schools. Following the court case Brown V. Topeka Board of Education 1957, which argued that separate but equal public schools went against the fourteenth amendment. Brown won the case and the court ruled to integrate schools. September 25, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas a group of nine African American students attended their classes at Little Rock Central high school. Unfortunately, the majority of the people did not want schools to integrate and tried to stop them from entering the school.

These were the first nine kids to be at an all white school and therefore they became known as the “Little Rock Nine”. This was such an impact in the whole world everyone knew about it and for the first time in years, African Americans can go to school with whites. The black incoming students were received with a huge crowd that was yelling and opposing to them while they entered the school. The head of the governor Orval Faubus wasn’t fine with having blacks in white people’s school so he ordered the national guards with an approval by the court order to besiege the entire school to refuse the African Americans students to come in and stated “blood would run on the streets if black students attempted to enter”. The chief of Arkansas thought that his order to surround the whole school with guards and people protesting was all right with that. But president Eisenhower aired live to the whole United States and said, “mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of the court”, in September 1957. When school actually started the president sent troops and protection to the Little Rock High School to escort them inside the building without having to feel unprotected or unwelcomed to the school. Four out of nine graduated high school at this school and the rest took off or didn’t

Segregation in the United States of America has existed since the dawn of time. Many Americans believe that it is an irrelevant issue in today’s society. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History, a national landmark in the United States of America that explores major themes in American history and culture, states, “Americans have been segregated since 1896-97 when Chief Justice Melville Fuller and the Court established the ‘separate but equal’ law,” (Smithsonian National Museum of American History). In the American society, segregation is a relevant issue. Today, discrimination amongst races is existent and is seen in the daily lives of Americans. The repercussions of segregation affect Americans and their lives today.

The Union was in a state of exceedingly high tension as it split into two on the issue of slavery. It was a question of moral integrity and whether it should be allowed to continue. Racism permeated the institution of slavery. The color of a man’s skin did not keep him from fighting for freedom in the wars that took place in America, although it was a way white people sought to justify their mistreatment of them. Slaves were viewed as inferior beings by southern whites and as the abolition movement gained momentum in the north, the slave owners began to see northerners as inferior as well for sympathizing with such barbarians. The Dred Scott case only serves to further this point; slaves were by law not seen as citizens. Consequently,

In the United States, inequalities are an unfortunate evil that resonate throughout low-income individuals and minorities. Though these problems are sometimes viewed as coincidences, in the past and even in the present, there have been legislation put in place that have negatively affected specific populations in the US. Because of the injustices in the system socially constructed ideologies about race, ethnicity, and poverty, and our lacking health care system, many people experience inequalities in health. One of the biggest factors that has affected minority and low-income populations is residential segregation. An article by Boustan defines residential segregation as “the separation of racial groups in urban space.” Residential

Today, we are living in the age when societies are integrated. Our schools are integrated, businesses are integrated, and the last President of the United States was African American. But only 150 years ago African Americans were considered property in half of the country and the thought of free African Americans with the same rights granted in the United States Constitution as Caucasians were

The influence of race, ethnicity and immigration are hot topics in the United States of America because they have been misused by citizens to disenfranchise others from different racial inclinations. The historical injustices that have been committed against the Anglo-Saxons, the Mexican and the African Americans have been the major causes of disunity among the Americans. Slavery can be directly associated with the racial segregation where the white Americans have dominated other racial groups like the Blacks and the Latinos. The major jobs were allocated to whites while the immigrants, the Mexicans and other communities in the US suffered from squalor. This research work is aimed at dissecting the impact of racial segregation in the United States of America and the need for a more cohesive society where there is appreciation for the cultural diversity of the people. Race in the United States of America promoted seclusion, exclusion and segregation in many ways. The existence of racial discrimination has been evident in future generations and more work must be done to improve the American society.

Segregation has always been around whether it had to deal with religion, skin color, ethnicity, or just personal choice, people have always tried to discriminate against others. One might never know of all of the discrimination that occurred in the area they have grown up in until they are older and have a better understanding of why people did such things and how it can still be seen in today’s society. It is important for anyone to know the history of their nation and if one is lucky to have a piece of the history close to where you are located it can help you understand it as well.

Culture along with religion indoctrinates humans on what is right and wrong. Humans make decisions based on their culture and they believe their choice is correct. For example, the Aztecs used to carve out still-beating hearts from victims, as a necessary sacrifice to appease the gods. They believed without sacrifice, the gods would destroy their civilization. Understanding that the Aztecs literally thought the world would end if they did not sacrifice makes their actions conceivable, if not justified. This understanding must be applied to all cultures to understand their actions, including South Africa. In the 1950s, apartheid, a legal system of racial segregation, gained popularity and became part of the law. Through apartheid, blacks lived in deplorable conditions and in a society that hindered the development of black people. The control lay in the hands of the minority rule, whites. Compared to current society, these ideologies would be admonished and ignorant. Therefore, it is essential to have knowledge of apartheid in the South African culture in order to understand the relationship between Paulus Eysendyck and Thebedi.