The Importance Of Segregation In Schools

Being free means being able to do what you desire without rules holding you back. The Civil Rights Movement, the Holocaust, and the attack on Paris prove that being secure is worth more than being unrestricted because if the are no rules, there is no protection. Wouldn’t you rather be safe than sorry. Segregation in schools was a major problem during the Civil Rights Movement. In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The first day of classes at Central High, governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas called in the State National Guard to bar the black student’s entry into the school. Later in the month President Eisenhower sent in Federal troops to escort the “Little Rock Nine” into