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Schools were first segregated in 1896 during the Jim Crow era which was ended by the re-look of the 14th amendment.
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Segregation often meant that African Americans were seperated from any white people and everything was labeled either "white" or "colored". For instance, train cars were segregated as well as many other public places.
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Many public water fountains were segregated and most of the time white people got the more high end cleaner water fountains than the African Americans.
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After segregation was proved unconstitutional by the Supreme Court it forced schools to desegregate a.k.a integrate.
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In 1957, Little Rock High School in Arkansas was desegregated and nine black students enrolled to attend there that year. The students needed guards to escort them from class because of all the violence.
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People against integration were violent and and often caused riots in the streets trying to rally against desegregated schools and public works.
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After the Integration of Little Rock High School in Arkansas, other schools began to integrate. after segregation was proved unconstitutional by the 14th Amendment schools were influenced more into the desegregation of students.
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Schools are now desegregated permanently.
