had access to better education in the properly funded former white schools. Even after the Brown v Board ruling in 1954, which outlawed all segregated schools. This desegregation was only in theory for some schools because racially segregated communities meant that they did not attend former white schools. This meant that the work done by the NAACP was negate because the new found adequate education for black children wasnt being used and many stayed in the poorly funded schools. Schools did try to solve this problem by introducing buses for students for the outside neighbourhoods. Also to add to the limited power of the outcome of the Brown case much opposition was encountered. This opposition to desegregated schools came to a head in 1957 when Governor Orval Faubus would not admit 9 black students to Central High School. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to enforce desegregation. The changes that occurred to the American education system were fast and abrupt, allowing little time for adjustments to be made by the community. Thus meaning that it could be seen to be doomed from the start, this was shown in the rise of members for the Ku Klux Klan shortly after desegregation started. There were good things about the desegregation of schools however, since it allowed black children the right to a fair and adequate education. Education wasnt the only area in which segregation and racial inequality reigned, it happened in almost all daily activities. Libraries were segregated not only to stop races mixing but also to maintain the lack of education blacks received. Interracial marriages were forbidden a white person may not marry a Negro or mulatto or person who shall have one eighth or more Negro blood, this was classed as a misdemeanour and could mean imprisonment. Separate graveyards, prisons; ticket offices for things such as circuses, toilets, restaurants, transportation and shops. It was also illegal f...
