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School Integration

School Segregation before Brown vs. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education  Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared state- sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional  Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson  Unanimous decision under Chief Justice Earl Warren  Did not provide any timeline for when schools were to be integrated. Local school boards were instructed to desegregate “with all deliberate speed.”

Desegregation Process  SLOOOOOOOOOW  1964 in the North: 90% of schools were integrated  1964 in the South: only 1 out of every 85 African American students went to an integrated school

Backlash  The outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision led to protests, violence, and an increase in support for the Ku Klux Klan

Backlash

Little Rock Nine  In 1957, 9 African-American teenagers enrolled at Little Rock Central High School.  Governor, Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering the building.  15 year old Elizabeth Eckford arrived first, all alone. She was heckled by the crowd, spat on, and forced back to the street by the armed guardsmen.

Little Rock Nine  The Little Rock Nine were unable to go to school for two weeks because of the National Guard in front of the school  They were removed from their first day of class by the local police due to an angry mob outside the school  President Eisenhower placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent in the Army’s 101 st Airborne to restore order in Little Rock

James Meredith/Ole Miss  James Meredith applied to the University of Mississippi in He was denied twice.  Medgars Evers, a leader in the NAACP, encouraged Meredith to sue the school.  As a state-funded university, Ole Miss was required to integrate.  Meredith won his case and the University of Mississippi was instructed to register him the following fall

James Meredith/Ole Miss  The governor attempted to bar Meredith from registering at Ole Miss  U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy ordered 500 U.S. Marshalls to escort Meredith to the university  A state senator withdrew their police from the area, allowing a large mob to gather

Ole Miss Riots  Riots broke out on September 29 th, 1962 at Ole Miss.  Multiple units of federal troops were called in the middle of the night  The crowd attempted to break into the building where James Meredith was staying  By morning, two men were dead  Hundreds of U.S. Marshalls stayed to protect Meredith for the entire year he attended the University of Mississippi.

School Segregation in Nebraska  Nebraska has never had state-supported school segregation  The two segregated school in Nebraska were closed in 1872 and 1879  In Omaha and Nebraska City  Recent controversy: LB1024 in Omaha  Repealed in 2008