What Was The Difference In Funding That Went Into White Schools
What was the difference in funding that went into white schools compared to black schools in 1956? In fact black schools only received sixty percent of funding the funding white schools received. This funding ratio led to black schools having less money for teacher’s salaries. With having fewer teachers in turn, meant a low attendance rate for black schools. This reoccurrence frequently happened until a group of black students took a chance to change the school system for the better. The Little Rock Nine were a group of high school students who went to court to desegregate schools by making the commitment to go to an all-white school, stick through it, and show how whites and blacks can go to school peacefully, something we take for granted
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However, on May 17, 1954, segregation was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case. (Fitzgerald). In that next year the law was eased giving many legislatures the opportunity to delay any plans for desegregation. Many schools took this as an opportunity to go as slowly as possible; even legislatures passed laws to punish schools who tried to desegregate. The Blossom Plan was then put into action, to integrate first the grades 10-12, then 7-9, and lastly, the 1-6 grades in the 1957-1958 school …show more content…
They miraculously sneaked past the mob of 1,000 white protesters, however, they realized the mob had instead been occupied with beating four black newspaper reporters. Once inside the school, the nine students would have to leave because the growing mobs of angry protesters that were becoming too dangerous. Roughly 1,200 soldiers from 101st Airborne Division landed at Little Rock Air Force Base on September 24, 1957, to protect the nine students as they attended their first full day of school.
Although the nine were treated well by some students, even those were too threatened by segregationists to stay friendly for long. They were treated terribly by many students, even going to such extreme behaviors like throwing acid in one student’s face. The Little Rock Nine could not be pushed down, though, and they went to school every day, fighting through their pain. Unfortunately, Minnijean Brown was expelled after she grew too tired of the harassment. The rest of the Little Rock Nine, however, made it through the
However, on May 17, 1954, segregation was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case. (Fitzgerald). In that next year the law was eased giving many legislatures the opportunity to delay any plans for desegregation. Many schools took this as an opportunity to go as slowly as possible; even legislatures passed laws to punish schools who tried to desegregate. The Blossom Plan was then put into action, to integrate first the grades 10-12, then 7-9, and lastly, the 1-6 grades in the 1957-1958 school …show more content…
They miraculously sneaked past the mob of 1,000 white protesters, however, they realized the mob had instead been occupied with beating four black newspaper reporters. Once inside the school, the nine students would have to leave because the growing mobs of angry protesters that were becoming too dangerous. Roughly 1,200 soldiers from 101st Airborne Division landed at Little Rock Air Force Base on September 24, 1957, to protect the nine students as they attended their first full day of school.
Although the nine were treated well by some students, even those were too threatened by segregationists to stay friendly for long. They were treated terribly by many students, even going to such extreme behaviors like throwing acid in one student’s face. The Little Rock Nine could not be pushed down, though, and they went to school every day, fighting through their pain. Unfortunately, Minnijean Brown was expelled after she grew too tired of the harassment. The rest of the Little Rock Nine, however, made it through the