Brown V Board Case Essay

The Brown v. Board case was met with white resistance(as every black movement for justice has). White people were angry that black people were actually to be given equal opportunity. The anger established the White Citizen’s Council, which was the KKK with a euphemism for a name. The White Citizen’s Council has the same goals as the KKK such as “preserve the south” also known as preserve segregation, racism and violence. The White Citizen's Council used their power to intimidate black men and women who spoke out against segregation. Another method of the White Citizen’s Council was to discredit the NAACP by calling them communists. Being a communist in america was socially unacceptable, therefore being accused of holding communist ideals was a sin. Many northern members left the NAACP. Instead of desegregating schools, some school districts just closed them. White officials would have rather had no schools then to integrate them. After the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in 1955, only thirteen school districts were integrated.
In response to white resistance, black people once again were triumphant in their fight against racism. They gathered and fought against the

When X was younger he was very troubled, he dropped out of school at 15 and fell into drugs and crime. He was sentenced to ten years in prison. WHile he was in prison, he adopted the ideals of the Nation of Islam. The nation of Islam believes that white people are evil. In his work with the Civil Rights, X and King were seen as two different sides of the same coin. King was the cuddly, nonviolent, peaceful protest and X was the militant leader. X was not militant in action. He believed that he had the right to protect himself and his family from danger. X’s beliefs to protecting oneselves became the foundation of the Black Panther