Question

Although Brown v. Board of Education established that the segregation of schools was unconstitutional,

A. many white Southerners strongly resisted integration.
B. civil rights activists feared integration would lead to violence.
C. African Americans did not want to attend all-white schools.
D. many people in the North strongly resisted integration.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) Many white Southerners strongly resisted integration.

This refusal to integrate African-American citizens into previously all white schools was evident throughout the South.

For example, Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas used the Arksansas Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Ultimately, it took President Dwight D Eisenhower sending in the national guard to escort these students into schools.

This was one of multiple examples, as the University of Alabama resisted integration thanks to the actions of Governor Wallace.

These actions showed that many white southerns did not want integrated schools.