African American Integrated Schools

Following the decision, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas admitted nine black students, though most opposed this. A white mob protested against a group of black students, known as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the high school. Orville Faubus, the governor of Little Rock at the time, was a prominent segregationist. Segregationists opposed the court ruling and integration within society. “When the Court issued its

When federal marshals convoyed Meredith to campus in another attempt to register for classes, rioting erupted which led to death of two people and injuries to dozens. Therefore, President Kennedy mobilized the National Guard and sent federal troops to the campus. Meredith registered the next day and attended his first class, and segregation ended at the “Ole Miss”. In another event, Governor George Wallace had sworn at his inauguration to protect "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever." In June 1963, he upheld his promise to “stand in the school house door" to prevent two black students from enrolling at the University of Alabama, Vivian Malone and James Hood ,To protect the students and secure their admission, President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National

As a response to the Brown v. Board of Education, which ended school segregation, whites throughout the South decided to create the White Citizens Councils. These groups were made up of middle and upper class members and used violence in order to corrupt any of the civil rights movement. At the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr. quickly became as target to these groups. The White Citizens Council wanted to do everything in their power in order to prevent the boycott. Their main goal was to maintain

An example of the laws is there were “laws that required Whites and Blacks to attend separate schools and to sit in different areas on public transportation. The laws extended to parks, cemeteries, theaters, and restaurants” (“Jim Crow Laws” 1). One thing I find particularly disturbing is that even in death (cemeteries), people of color were still not equal to whites. The absurd extent of the Jim Crow laws makes it hard to understand why they were put in place, but there was some, if very little, reason behind it. People thought these laws were needed because it was necessary to keep things in order.

However, many people disagreed with the integration such as the Governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus. He announced the night before the admission of the students that the Arkansas National Guard would help maintain order and prevent the 9 Negro students from entering the high school. The Arkansas National Guard remained at Little Rock High School for 3 weeks to prevent the 9 students from entering the school. Until the NAACP helped get a court order to stop them. My last cause of the white backlash is the forced integration.

In the Plessy vs Ferguson case in 1896, a law was passed that allowed racial segregation as long as the facilities were equal in black and white schools. A single suit was brought together to be taken to the Supreme Court in 1954 to argue the fact that black schooling was evidently under resourced and of a far lower quality than that of white schooling, proving them to be inferior and unequal. In the case of Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, the segregation of school facilities was overturned. Although segregated school was now deemed illegal, certain people did not comply with the ruling. In Little Rock, Arkansas (1957), nine black students were accompanied by state troops to their first day at Central High School, a previously all-white institution.

It was not until after lunch that John was asked to go to the principal 's office where he refused to remove his band and wass promptly removed from school. All students who were tried testified that they were asked to remove their armbands and refused but Mary Beth Tinker. Tinker testified that she made it through several of her classes with no issue and when finally asked to remove the black armband she agreed nervously afraid of the

Imagine how stronger the fight for civil rights would have been. Imagine how further African Americans would be, even today. Presumably, both individuals could have benefited from their alliance. Not only them as individuals, but their families and society collectively would have benefited from the union of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. According to David Bohm, author of On Communication, “such communication can lead to the creation of something new only if people are able freely to listen to each other, without prejudice, and without trying to influence each other” (15).

If racial discrimination did not still exist, then whites would not be blaming African Americans for all the damage done in the area. Whites say that they account for almost every shooting and disaster. That is not the case, white people can be just as destructive, it is just not broadcasted everywhere because white people appear to be superior and better than African Americans. Martin Luther King tried to change people 's thinking on this and although it could be worse racial discrimination still exists and probably always

The judge asked, “What happened to piggy?”. The first to say something was Ralph saying, “ Jack and his team let a bolder hit him in the head”. The judge makes a very distinct face.Judge Judy ask several questions then she ordered that Jack must go to a juvenile school for a year. The judge then asked “What happened to Simon”? Jack began to stutter, “We thought he was the beastie”.