Desegregation in Schools: Brown v. Board of Education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iakAs we discussed in class, the military was desegregated before schools were, but undoubtedly, the desegregation of the military acted as a precursor for schools to evolve in the same manner. While searching the web for video content on the desegregation of armed forces, the impression I got about what these videos were promoting was that what fueled this movement were honorable feelings of equality and unity, and the portrayal of President Truman was of a saint for having authorized desegregation. I feel that these views are a bit romanticized and that the desegregation of armed forces was fueled by necessity more than any other factor.

Regardless of the factors that fueled the desegregation of the military, it initiated a trend that would be hard to ignore outside of the military environment. It was hypocritical to have soldiers return to a civilian reality that was "separate, yet equal". The link below briefly runs through the historical content of Brown v. Board of Education; the ruling that initiated desegregation in schools, which concluded that "separate, but equal" had no place in the American Constitution.