In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled that school boards should make a “prompt and reasonable start” to desegregate. Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas was the first all-white school to comply with these orders. In September of 1957, nine african-american teenagers were enrolled in Central High, they were harassed by the white community and referred to by the media as the Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine volunteered to be the first to desegregate Central High, in hopes of leading other schools
outlawed. Although there was a lot of resistance from most of the white American population, some schools responded to the gradual integration concept. Little Rock High School, Arkansas was the first all-white school to enrol African-American students. This major movement was the first step towards equal education rights among people of different races. The integration Nine young high school teenagers were chosen from their predominantly African-American school due to excellent grades for the desegregation
Plessy v. Ferguson was a ruling by the United State’s Supreme Court that attempted to appease both sides of the racial conflict in America. Failing in this, the court reversed the Plessy ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. With the Civil War over and slavery outlawed, tension between White and Black Americans still ran high. Sharecropping became a new form of slavery that also included most poor Whites. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were put in place to help
How was education affected by the Civil Rights Movement? The Civil rights movement had played an important role in liberating the United States of America. It seeked to end segregation and racial discrimination against African Americans that was happening throughout the country. The movement also focused on fighting for the rights to vote that the African Americans rightly deserved and also for equal opportunity in areas such as employment and education. Throughout history, there was a very distinct