Sentences with phrase «legalized school segregation»

When African American parents pressed for an end to legalized school segregation in the years leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, it was not the companionship of white children they were seeking for their children: It was access to educational resources.

On the plus side, legalized school segregation disappeared and most school districts have become as integrated as their cities» demographics will allow.

Not exact matches

Even as a child, Rosa stands separate from her fellow African - Americans; instead of being shipped off to a shabby public school, she is enrolled in a private classroom run by Quakers, who encourage the girl to transcend the severe limitations of legalized segregation in her home state of Alabama.

For example, six graduates of the Harvard Law School were members of the 1954 litigation team for the Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court decision which ended legalized segregation in public schools throughout this country.