Why did desegregation of schools become a major problem in the USA in the 1950s?

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Why did desegregation of schools become a major problem in the USA in the 1950s?

In the 1950s, the Supreme Court ruled that the segregation of schools in America was to become illegal because of the inequality of the facilities. Desegregation had to take place immediately, which meant that the white and black children had equal and fair rights in education. The process of desegregation failed and caused major problems throughout the 1950s.

One of the Long-term reasons for the problems was the American Civil War from 1860-65. Black children in Southern states had previously not attended school because they were slaves and did not own the rights to an education. President Lincoln was all for destroying slavery and for a time; southern blacks enjoyed their equality. They could do this because at the time the north ruled the southern states, but that soon changed. After 1865 however, power was back into the hands of the whites and they felt that he blacks freedom was a threat to whites. This led the white Americans in the southern states to introduce a chain of unfair laws called the "'Jim Crow Laws'. These laws brought back segregation and racism, which derived from slavery. In 1896, a law was passed which made the return of segregation legal as long as the education of blacks and whites was kept equal by having the same opportunities and working facilities. This however did not happen, but for the next 50 years, schools still remained in segregation. Blacks were at the bottom of the pile, being educated by untrained teachers and the quality of their lifestyle was nothing compared to that of the whites. The black people of America had to sadly accept this, so desegregation did not become a major problem for many years to come.
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A short-term reason for the major problems was the Second World War. Many blacks attitudes changed after this event. The army contained a substantial amount of black people who got told they were fighting their opposition for democracy, in order to bring about freedom. This was a false hope. When the soldiers returned from the war they enjoyed few rights, which went against what they had been originally been told. This caused frustration amongst blacks and they were unwilling to put up with it.

In 1909, an organisation called the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement ...

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