OH+Research

Oral History Research

Topic- Integration in Schools The road towards integration in schools started with the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka Kansas. It was a collection a 5 different cases that were all black families that had filed law suits against all white schools. During the court case, the Supreme Court decide that seperate was not equal and that schools should be integrated "with all deliberate speed." Unfortunatley this is the last thing that would happen. Instead of the schools becoming inegrated the anti-black sentiment from whites just grew stronger. The national government tried to get involved and use things like the Little Rock Nine to start school integration. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine black children chosen to be sent to an all white school. However, the movement was met with great violence and the National Gaurd had to be called in. Other riots and acts of violence broke out and the war to integrate schools waged on. Unfortunetly, even some state officials were against the movement, only increasing the struggle and prolonging the time it should take. Finally, the federal government started to get involved and racsist state officials were put in their place.

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media type="custom" key="6303581"A video about the Little Rock Nine