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The 1959 federal order that Atlanta desegregate its schools forced the state to make the decision to integrate its public schools. The order came from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, which ruled that the city of Atlanta had to desegregate its public schools in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
The order required the Atlanta Board of Education to submit a desegregation plan that would allow black students to attend formerly all-white schools and vice versa. However, the state initially resisted the order, and it was not until 1961 that the first black students were admitted to formerly all-white schools in Atlanta.
The desegregation of Atlanta's public schools was part of a larger effort to end racial segregation in schools across the United States. The struggle for desegregation was a major civil rights issue in the mid-20th century, and the integration of public schools was a key step in the fight for equal rights and opportunities for all Americans.