Desegregation In Schools

Within schools, one of the most difficult problems in the desegregation process was the integration of faculties, which impeded structural inequality while perpetuating white supremacy. A huge factor of inequality among schools was the experience level of teachers, in that the experienced teachers at white schools tended to outweigh that of minority school teachers. As schools began to merge races into desegregated schools, courts routinely ordered the desegregation of teachers as well. Significant resistance occurred, for example by teachers resisting to teach, in that white teachers preferred to teach students who shared their race/ethnicity. Such as in Jackson, Mississippi, in which “the majority [of Mississippi White teachers] declared
This technique emerged as the South’s major weapon in maintaining school segregation. These “pupil tests” were placement laws designed to perpetuate segregation by integrating the fewest possible number of African American students. The constitutionality of the placement laws was upheld, leading to nearly no major integration taking place for a number of years. Even though the specific provisions and requirements of the placement laws varied widely from state to state, the purpose was the same everywhere: the control of school assignment of pupils in such a way as to prevent African Americans from transferring to white schools. Several African American students sent in “applications for admission to the School Board”, however since the “schools are a part of the public school program and come under direct authority of the local school board”, the policy concerning the admission of African Americans remained on the basis of these pupil placement tests. Since the students were assigned according to certain criteria created by the schools, African Americans were ruled as being not qualified. Theoretically, the laws apply to the placement of all pupils, black and white, in all schools; but actually, it was intended as a tool of racial discrimination. With these tests in place, the "pupil placement"
Consequently, massive coordination efforts from various civil rights organization were a culprit for the integration of all races into schools. African-American communities worked together to create organizations such as NAACP, and ACLUY, to challenge discriminatory policies. Even though they often only had small successes, their efforts received wide attention and support across the nation. Local NAACP branches faced the desegregation of schools in various ways, and with this faced various reactions. As a matter of fact, the “NAACP pledged to take action against any public school board in the state which it feels is not working “in good faith” to end segregation.” With this, the NAACP branches pressed school boards in local communities for compliance. In addition, the government increased its enforcement attempting to prohibit the school systems from assigning children to schools or allocating educational opportunities and benefits through race-based lotteries, preferences, or other means that deny students an equal footing based on