Question

Long after the brown v. Board of education decision, some stated had not desegregated their schools because

Answer 1

The Supreme Court gave a very vague time frame in which the change had to happen and wasn't really enforcing it so the more racist states took their time.

Answer 2

Long after the Brown v. board of education decision, some states had not desegregated their schools because the supreme court had not set a deadline for doing so the schools took it as a sign that they have as much time as necessary for them to adjust to the decision.