1900's. Whites assumed that they were better than black people and didn't want to be.
around them in anything they did. For example, in buses, whites were given privileged.
seating in front; but blacks had to sit in the back. Moreover, if there were not enough front.
seats whites could preempt blacks from their back seats. There were separate restrooms,.
drinking fountains, stores and, of course, schools.
Segregation remained the same for many years until one day in 1955 a black.
woman named Rosa Parks sat down in the front of a bus where all of the white people.
were sitting. When she was told to move to the back of the bus, she refused to budge. This.
action set off an uproar among blacks who questioned their rights for the first time.
In the 1960's, the governor of Alabama, George Wallace, was a militant supporter.
of segregation. In 1963 two blacks, Vivian Jones and James Hood, sought admission to the.
traditionally segregated University of Alabama. According to legislation at the time, they.
had every right to go there; but since the governor was so anti-black and pro segregation,.
he didn't like it one bit. As the two black students prepared to enter the college, George.
Wallace stood in the doorway, blocking their way addressing the need for segregation. He.
refused to move, so the national guard was called in to restore order and admit Jones and.
Hood to the University of Alabama. This was an important moment in black history.
because it marked the first time a black person had been admitted into an all white college.
Although laws pertaining to civil rights were enacted that ended segregation, hatred.
and racism still continued; and it appears to be even stronger now than it ever has been.
Today there is no legal segregation in colleges but a recent study revealed that most.
southern colleges remain segregated.
In this day and age, there are many diverse ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds.
that populate the same colleges.
