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Dwight D. Eisenhower

~Today we learned about Dwight D. Eisenhower who was President from 1953-1961.  He sent United States soldiers to several states in the South to enforce desegregation (allowing Blacks to attend all White schools.)  We learned about Blacks going to court in order to attend schools near their homes instead of the all Black schools which got the worst supplies, and the worst buildings, and were sometimes many miles from their homes.  The United States Supreme Court ruled that separate schools were NOT equal.  The Black schools received the old torn up books from the white schools, often had no playgrounds, and received very little money from the state compared to White schools.