Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka

      Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, a decision that launched the United States towards equality for all men, white and black. Too bad that many segregationists did not think about it that way.  People from Texas,  to Georgia, and Mississippi were completely against de-segragating their public facilities so much that  the Governor of Georgia, Herman Talmadge, was reported saying that he was  “going to do whatever is necessary in Georgia to keep white children in white school and colred children in colored schools.” 

      To bad for him that the Supreme Court was completely against him. They even sent out a second ruling, also known as Brown II, to speed up the desegregation of schools.Many whites in the South did not know or care about Brown v. Education of Topeka or Brown II, until it started to affect the area in which they lived in. Like in Little Rock, Arkansas where the "Little Rock Nine" became the first African-Americans to desegregate in the area. Governor Orval Faubus, like a huge majority of southern white citizens, was so against the idea of getting rid of segregation that he ordered the National Guard to not let them into the school. This left Elizabeth Eckford, one of the Little Rock Nine, in a vulnerable position. She was teased, taunted, and threatened by many as she walked towards a bus stop.

      Eventually, President Eisenhower stepped in and and ordered thousands of paratroopers into Little Rock to guard the students and keep them safe from harm. Too bad they couldn't shut the protesters up.