Desegregation did not happen overnight. In fact, it took years for some states to get on board, and some had to be brought on kicking and screaming.

Why was desegregation so important?

Nonetheless, desegregation made the vast majority of the students who attended these schools less racially prejudiced and more comfortable around people of different backgrounds. … In addition, the goal of most educators during this time was to teach students to be “colorblind” by ignoring issues of race.

What caused desegregation?

Linda Brown, seated center, rides on a bus to the racially segregated Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, in March 1953. The Brown family initiated the landmark Civil Rights lawsuit ‘Brown V. Board of Education‘ that led to the beginning of integration in the US education system.