Blacks in the 50's had only been freed less than a hundred years. There were still people living in the South who were still remembering the Northern War of Aggression. AKA Civil War. Things were changing concerning integration and other negative feelings toward Blacks' but he Federal Government wanted to show it's power and forced Teens of all people to accept change. With the use of Federal Forces against our children. Forget the National Guard. These troops I saw using force were the Screaming Eagles. 101st Airborne Div. An Elite force. You do know they could have started with First grader to integrate. But they wanted to make a point.
And since the folks from the northern states want to blast the south as being so horrible to Blacks
Remember this
Although Northern states had abolished slavery, segregation still thrived among the Northern people. Most abolitionists were from the North, but most Northerners were not abolitionists. Similar to Southerners, they did not even think of blacks as equal beings. Not all Northern states had fair rights for blacks. In fact, by the end of the Civil War, 19 of 24 Northern states still did not allow blacks to vote. For example, Ohio became a free state in 1803, but it passed the Black Codes in 1804, prohibiting blacks from voting or testifying in court. In addition, blacks could not receive a free public education, or many of the other privileges whites had, in an effort to discourage their migration into the state. This set of rules later inspired similar other states, like Indiana and Illinois, to adopt laws limiting blacks' rights. When blacks did have state rights to vote or file lawsuits, whites often oppressed them, and prevented them from exercising those abilities. They were denied many job opportunities, and many could only afford poor living conditions in ghettos. That also meant that they could not afford medical care, and as a result, blacks had one of the highest death rates in urban areas. The truth is, while the North did not view blacks as slaves, it did not view them as humans either.