Question

Describe the strategy used by Governor Faubus to make sure that the High School did not integrate. How did this affect Melba and her mother?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer has been explained below.

Explanation:

The segregation in schools was outlawed by Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Case. But as the number of segregated schools was high they could not be integrated until many years later. The year after ruling there was little affect on the schools, Melba and other black students  were still at all- black school.

Melba and other sixteen black students had  signed up to attend white schools, but threats of violence decreased the number of students who had signed up to attend the white schools from seventeen to nine.

Lawsuits were also filed against nine students who were willing to attend white schools. Governor Faubus was a staunch segregationist and ordered Arkansas national Guard to surround Central High School and prevent integration, He made claims that he wanted to prevent bloodshed that desegregation would cause. He didn't say whether the troops were to protect them or stop them.

When Melba and other students go to school, she had to face harassment by the white students and the mob of white people.