Why Is Segregation Wrong

For many years a problem existed in the United States. The problem was segregation. Segregation was cruel and unfair to non-White people, it also resulted in inferior educational and transportation conditions for many citizens who happened to have a skin color other than White.. Segregation is wrong and cases such as the Rosa Parks case, Little Rock Nine, and Plessy vs. Ferguson fought to end segregation. One of the first major cases to highlight this problem was the Rosa Parks case. In Source A it states that Rosa Parks believed segregation was wrong, and finally stood up against it, when as a Black woman she was asked to give up her seat to a White passenger on her evening bus. This shows that people couldn't see segregation was wrong till Rosa Parks disobeyed. At the time the law dictated that only White people were allowed to sit at the front of the bus. Source A also states that the Montgomery bus driver, James Blake, ordered Parks and three other African Americans seated nearby to move. During this period of history segregation was so bad that the Whites didn't even notice that they …show more content…
Source B states this took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nine black students had enrolled at Central High School, where after the community had started protesting to physically block the students from entering the school. This shows that segregation was so daily, when they made it illegal the those who opposed desegregation had to resort to violence. Source B goes on to state that Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas national guard to prevent the”Little Rock Nine” from entering the school. Segregation is so bad and poisonous that the people who are supposed to protect you (the military) are being used to hurt other citizens, simply because of the color of their skin. This also shows that the governor went to great lengths keep Black children out using his power and