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[https://www.teenvogue.com/story/school-segregation-us-history-timeline by Jameelah Nasheed 21/2/23 teenVOGUE] | [https://www.teenvogue.com/story/school-segregation-us-history-timeline by Jameelah Nasheed 21/2/23 teenVOGUE] | ||
So much of who we are and who we can become starts in the classroom. Education can be a life-changing part of our story, impacting our career path, salary, and even the lives of the generations that follow. | So much of who we are and who we can become starts in the classroom. Education can be a life-changing part of our story, impacting our career path, salary, and even the lives of the generations that follow. | ||
=====A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States: Desegregation===== | |||
[https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/blackrights/desegregation by HOWARD UNIVERSITY] | |||
Desegregation did not happen overnight. In fact, it took years for some of the highly resistant states to get on board, and even then some had to be brought on kicking and screaming. Before the Court ever got involved with school integration, desegregation became a matter of executive focus. The wheels were put in motion by the president. In 1948, President Harry Truman issued an executive order to integrate the armed forces after WWII. After the three years if took for the army to carry out this order, they ultimately found that the earth still rotated and their weapons still worked. | |||
