Nine African American students walked along the path to the doors of Central High School, surrounded by violent mobs of white protesters hurling books, cans, and insults at them. This was a standard day in the life of the Little Rock Nine. Although these nine black teenagers took brave steps that would lead towards a future of racial integration, the state of public schools today remains segregated. This segregation is legal under the eyes of the law, and is exemplified by neighborhood segregation and decreasing numbers of black students in majority white schools.
In 1957, just three years after the monumental Brown v. Board of Education decision, nine students integrated Little Rock’s Central High School in hopes of paving the path to full …show more content…
The Little Rock School Board decided on a gradual approach to integration, as not to disturb student lifestyle. This plan was to slowly integrate a few black students, chosen by their academic excellence, by 1957. The nine students chosen to integrate Central High School known as the Little Rock Nine faced many challenges in their brave and heroic endeavours. The Little Rock Nine integrated against many citizens’ wishes and beliefs, which caused many difficulties. Little Rock’s governor, Orval Faubus, did not help to ease these difficulties. In fact, Faubus was one of the leading opposers of the nine and their efforts. Faubus used state troops to physically stop the integration. Many supporters of the integration process were extremely unhappy with these actions, including President Eisenhower, who had remained quiet until things got out of hand. Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to control the raging mob outside of Central, and to get the students into the school. Although the first part of the mission was done, much more hardship was to come. Once in the school, the nine were so viciously attacked that bodyguards from the 101st Airborne Division were required. These bodyguards were very helpful, …show more content…
An example of this comes from property and realty. The National Association of Realtors forbids realtors from bringing people of a certain race to a neighborhood that may affect the neighborhood's value. These races most likely are black and white, therefore, realtors won’t show, or sell homes in white neighborhoods to black folks as to retain the value. This causes wealthy white people to live near white people and poorer black people to live with poorer black people. This makes it so that some schools are almost all white, and some are almost all black due to where people live. This is an issue because the schools are more likely to put funding in schools with wealthy white folks rather than poorer black folks. Because of this, black students receive inferior education to the whites. This is just like what happened before Brown V. Board of Education, the black students did not get equal resources or education. Another example is that the percentage of black students in majority white schools has decreased by around 20% since 1986 as of 2011. If black students are not with white students, they must be with other black students. This is a very pressing issue because the schools will give out different funding, and this will result in subpar education for blacks. The last piece of evidence is
In 1957, just three years after the monumental Brown v. Board of Education decision, nine students integrated Little Rock’s Central High School in hopes of paving the path to full …show more content…
The Little Rock School Board decided on a gradual approach to integration, as not to disturb student lifestyle. This plan was to slowly integrate a few black students, chosen by their academic excellence, by 1957. The nine students chosen to integrate Central High School known as the Little Rock Nine faced many challenges in their brave and heroic endeavours. The Little Rock Nine integrated against many citizens’ wishes and beliefs, which caused many difficulties. Little Rock’s governor, Orval Faubus, did not help to ease these difficulties. In fact, Faubus was one of the leading opposers of the nine and their efforts. Faubus used state troops to physically stop the integration. Many supporters of the integration process were extremely unhappy with these actions, including President Eisenhower, who had remained quiet until things got out of hand. Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to control the raging mob outside of Central, and to get the students into the school. Although the first part of the mission was done, much more hardship was to come. Once in the school, the nine were so viciously attacked that bodyguards from the 101st Airborne Division were required. These bodyguards were very helpful, …show more content…
An example of this comes from property and realty. The National Association of Realtors forbids realtors from bringing people of a certain race to a neighborhood that may affect the neighborhood's value. These races most likely are black and white, therefore, realtors won’t show, or sell homes in white neighborhoods to black folks as to retain the value. This causes wealthy white people to live near white people and poorer black people to live with poorer black people. This makes it so that some schools are almost all white, and some are almost all black due to where people live. This is an issue because the schools are more likely to put funding in schools with wealthy white folks rather than poorer black folks. Because of this, black students receive inferior education to the whites. This is just like what happened before Brown V. Board of Education, the black students did not get equal resources or education. Another example is that the percentage of black students in majority white schools has decreased by around 20% since 1986 as of 2011. If black students are not with white students, they must be with other black students. This is a very pressing issue because the schools will give out different funding, and this will result in subpar education for blacks. The last piece of evidence is