Social Studies

Maci Ferguson

27 December, 01:47

What was the initial response by several governors of southern states to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954) ?

a. to use state funds to build many new private schools for white students

b. to quickly build new and modern public schools to satisfy the "separate but equal" clause

c. to quickly accept the Supreme Court's decision and begin the peaceful integration of public schools

d. to obstruct the court directive to integrate public schools, forcing the federal government to enforce integration