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il��c Pt•csicle�lt of the United States. The nine black students eventually atte�ldcd tl��e public school <br />that ye�t��, escorted by federal soldiers. <br />Six yc�cs �i�l-er ���+�aa feder�l Marslials had to escort a six-year old girl, who was ih� first <br />;71t; �;ti student in thc New OrleaYls public schools. Every whitc student and every teacher, cxccpt <br />t>nc, 1efC the scl�iool. For m�ny years, ��n�i:�,��ati�� all across the tJnit�c� States delayed �mti� <br />�ivoided re:ally integrating their public schools. The Supreme Court and oth�r federal courts kept <br />i�r}�ing to get public schools intcgrated. <br />But, just as tllc Supreme Court el�ianged between 1896 and 1954, it has cllanged �gain <br />>,::74'�= ll�c 1950's arul ] 960's. It� 1974 the Supt•eme Court, �,� ��•���i��JC{'�i 1�. ���r�ri �Lr��, hcici 11�� a <br />���Ivr::{ coiu�t ����ultil not order fifty-three suburban sc]�XOOIs [� participate in a program to <br />dcsc�rcgatc tl��c Dct�roit. public schools. A�-Iarvard study fti��niti that in tl��e 1990's that: schools <br />i•���] �����.7iti more, not less, scgrc�,��ted. ��Jkia.t has hap��encd is th��t afthouth l�.ws cannot allow <br />����.I �'i:� school ;�..•����,��;;�;ir�� based on racc, �vlier� wl��ite l�arnilics rr�ovc. to ����k.�irl,� �t��d bl��cl: a���cl ti�:�i�.,. <br />r-,i��:}rir�� ;;tieriiJi�� live in inner cities, schools ti�r� segre�;��ted. <br />I1� �, i��' Suprenle Cotirt of i[7� United States c<�mic.�t end segregation, �++[3�71 c�i1� c� R ei� l�il�� <br />;••:���� ��i�itr �'.I�� iri tt �l�i,urban ��«L,lic schc►al do �l,oiit it? Acr��t;�l���� I h��� int>�'e �+�w�,7 l�iain �t <br />c�i.ziirl. I c��m �tppre:ci��te mv friends and cl�tssmate;s ��r •.�•li:�i m�iices ti;� 5in�il.u� Elil�c. being lcinci :nxi <br />iuf�i �u�ii i�}� ��ti•li��� xi�al�cs fis ciiffi:rcnt f]�}� being atiilctic ���r,�',� i�1�isical}. <br />Ii� 1�5�, chc �����rti�;7ti� Gourt s;ici I�z���s c:oulci r7c.,t trct�t 17I.ic1: sl�rac��is ��il���r.�..il�.' T:��;��: <br />:y �.• v�ii� c �7 (�^ ■x� � � ti ` 1�`. r•�• I}: r r r <br />��. . ��„�yfti.7���� I:� .��_��.1 ��E]i„.�' �:t���l ��t[ �I��s t1��! .S{Ilr� .�:7.i,, b�•c:9���ac- �}��c: �s .��,i;.',ti;�.7�_ t�:�� <br />�:< �r:l',��I�. T,:�: `�l�i}��esuc. Court did v,�i�t�i tlic:�� tllc>t4�:11t «�:�s right. I �h�ili do wl:ri5 I`�nt�w i:; rirl�t. <br />