InstructionsSchool Desegregation in the American South
OverviewHow did white southerners respond to school desegregation in the 1950s?In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that required racial segregation in
public education. Civil rights activists celebrated the decision, but many white
southerners viewed it as an attack on their way of life. Committed to segregation,
these southerners were determined to resist efforts to integrate schools. They
discovered, however, that President Eisenhower was no ally. In 1957 he reluctantly
ordered the U.S. military to enforce desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas.Title: America: Narrative History, Brief V. 2
Author : Tindall, George Brown
Shi, David Emory
Publisher : Norton
Edition/Year : 9th
ISBN : 9780393912678
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