AF AM 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thurgood Marshall, United States Marshals Service
1 Apr 2019
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1954 black children could go to school with whites but the south said never . Brown vs board of education ruled that under the 14th amendment segregated schools were unconstitutional: sothern"s saw it to be an attack on their heritage and traditions battle lines were drawn. James meredith: he wanted an education in his own state, no policy of segregation at ole miss, the governor, ross robert barnett, was against this idea of him going to. Ole miss: the board of trustees did not want to integrate but they also did not to close the school, the governor went to ole miss and turned james meredith away from the school, sept 25th. James meredith tried again to register again and he had the. President kennedy decided to enroll james meredith and sent. 400-500 us marshalls: drop-out rate, more whites in higher classes, some of this due to the lack of african americans in some school especially.
