Was desegregation easy after the decision inthe Brown vs. Board trial?

Answer 1

Sadly, no. While the law changed in 1954, changing attitudes took a lot longer. Many white parents in the south were outraged that they would have to send their kids to school with black children, so they withdrew their kids and created all-white private academies. Other parents resisted and protested, causing the black children who were trying to be admitted to be subjected to slurs and taunts as well as threats of violence. It took more than a decade before things calmed down in some cities. Even to this day, one complaint from the black community is that the public schools are still segregated-- although not by law, but rather, by custom-- white kids attend better-resourced and often newer schools, while most black kids, especially in the inner cities, still attend school in old buildings with few modern resources.