Integrating Public Schools Research Paper

The Complications of Integrating Public Schools in Little Rock
Racism has and most likely will always exist in society due to a few narrow-minded individuals who are unable to grasp the concept that we are all created equally and deserve to be treated as human beings. It is painful to say that there are still KKK and anti-black organizations that have survived the nineteen hundreds era. We live in a society that tells us to be ourselves and accept those who are different from us, so why can we not accept others due to their skin color. Skin is but a coat we wear not who we are so why should we be judged for it. Social media has blown things greatly out of proportion lately with all of the cases involving officer involved shootings of black citizens in the community. Yes a few of those officers may have been racially motivated, but social media has taken it to another level as to accuse a majority of officers of shooting black people due to their race. It has gotten way out of control with the violent protest …show more content…
It was September second, the day before school and nine black high school students were preparing to go to Central High the next morning. (Sitkoff, 28) Daisy Bates was president of the NAACP and editor-in-chief for a local press who was in charge of getting the students to school and arranging the meeting spot for the students to be picked up at. (EToP, 97) That night Governor Faubus addressed the public, notifying them that there would be armed guards, his reasoning for this was for the protection of all of the students when in reality he did this to keep the black kids out. Faubus did not really care too much about the integration of schools, but he was in competing for reelection and felt that being a little more radical would help him when over the majority of votes. (Sitkoff,