Education
Students of the 50's hard at their studies
During the 1950's, American education underwent dramatic changes.
Until 1954, an official policy of "separate but equal " educational opportunities for blacks had been determined to be the correct method to insure that all children in America received an adequate and equal education in the public schools of the nation.
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - President Eisenhower (8)
In 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren and other members of the Supreme Court wrote in the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate facilities for blacks did not make those facilities equal according to the Constitution. Integration had begun across the nation.
Until 1954, an official policy of "separate but equal " educational opportunities for blacks had been determined to be the correct method to insure that all children in America received an adequate and equal education in the public schools of the nation.
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." - President Eisenhower (8)
In 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren and other members of the Supreme Court wrote in the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate facilities for blacks did not make those facilities equal according to the Constitution. Integration had begun across the nation.
education for black people
Atherine Lucy posses for a semi-formal photo
In 1956, Autherine Lucy successfully enrolled in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In 1957, Elizabeth Eckford was the first black teenager to enter then all-white Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas Although integration took place quietly in most towns, the conflict at Central High School in Little Rock was the first of many confrontations in Arkansas which showed that public opinion on this issue was divided.
"They were fighting tradition and change. it just wasn't my time." - Autherine Lucy on Civil Rights Movement (9)
"They were fighting tradition and change. it just wasn't my time." - Autherine Lucy on Civil Rights Movement (9)