Segregation on the Run
Desegregation positively affected North Carolina because it controlled big controversies and conflicts. Desegregation in American occured during the Civil Rights movement because the bravery and determination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Little Rock Nine.
Blacks and whites were segregated mostly because no one would stand up and when someone finally did desegregation started to happen. “He had seen the Ku Klux Klan riding at night. It meant that an African American would be beaten or killed for going against the system. These things almost made Martin turn against all white people.” ("The Life and Words of Martin Luther King Jr.”) This is how majority of blacks felt but whites did not care because they were taught that blacks were lesser than whites. An example of blacks standing up against segregation is the story of Rosa Parks because no one did anything about blacks refusing and getting arrested, but when Rosa did it everyone began to follow boycotts started. Segregation lasted as long as it did because whites would not stand up for blacks even though most of them knew it was wrong.
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“Incarceration: Sentences may involve time in the county jail, or one or more years in state prison, depending on the state. The judge may require that the entire sentence be served in jail.” (White) Whites against segregation were mostly scared of the consequences including incarceration. Another example is during one of MLK Jr’s marches many whites against segregation marched alongside the blacks. It is clear that some whites were against segregation but were unwilling to stand up because of possible