The statement from the high school athlete in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1957 supports which of the following arguments about the impact of the Brown case on black students' lives in the 1950s?

A. School desegregation gave black school athletes the same opportunities as white school athletes.

B. The Brown case ensured that black children conceived of themselves as equal to white children.

C. School desegregation ended racist practices and treatment but could not eliminate southerners' discriminatory attitudes.

D. The Brown case integrated schools, but it did not eliminate the discriminatory treatment of black children.

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Sterling Le

8 September, 08:45

The statement from the high school athlete in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1957 supports which of the following arguments about the impact of the Brown case on black students' lives in the 1950s?

A. School desegregation gave black school athletes the same opportunities as white school athletes.

B. The Brown case ensured that black children conceived of themselves as equal to white children.

C. School desegregation ended racist practices and treatment but could not eliminate southerners' discriminatory attitudes.

D. The Brown case integrated schools, but it did not eliminate the discriminatory treatment of black children.

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Anya Walton · Answer 1

D. The Brown case integrated schools, but it did not eliminate the discriminatory treatment of black children.

Explanation:

Oliver Brown's legal fight ensured that schools for white and black children are integrated, so that black kids can go to whatever school they chose, even those who are traditionally attended by white children and therefore and considered better, higher in quality and with a higher level of prosperity.

However, this did no end the bad treatment of the black children in those schools. They were still met with racism and discrimination, usually bullied and stripped back of certain privileges that white children had.