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Question

which do you think played a more important role in the civil rights movement: the integration of schools or the increasing levels of black voter registration? which was more important tool for achieving equality: education or ballot? explain

Answer 1

between the two , id say integration in the schools. having the kids mix together showed them that allot of what they heard about the difference in races is a joke(putting it nicely).

only the next generation can correct this generations faults

and that goes for every generation

Answer 2

neither...the fall of the klan made it all possible when the FBI threw away the klansmens right to due process when they hired a mob hit man to attack a klan bomber in Meridian Ms,killing a schoolteacher riding with him....the FBI does what it wants to do and dont you ever forget it...

Answer 3

First of all GSDmom must be on LSD...

To answer your question:

The "increasing levels of black voter registration" was due to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Suffrage for African-Americans was passed in the 15th Amendment in 1870 however, because of Jim Crow laws, literacy tests, intimidation etc. by Southern whites, the right to vote was not protected. Now protected, African-Americans would become a very important voting bloc and so no longer would their voices and protests fall on deaf ears..

At the same time, "integration of schools" via Brown v Board ended years of "separate but (not) equal" treatment under Plessy v Ferguson. This means that African-American students would begin to receive the best education that America could offer to its citizens. We all know that knowledge=power=success. Now African-Americans have approximately 500 billion to 1 trillion dollars in spending power due to increased opportunities in education and access to the best resources.

So which of these played a more important role...? I think that in a democracy, the most powerful tool a citizen can possess is the vote. While schools weren't integrated until 1954, African-Americans had managed with what they had and were very successful given the lack of resources, including poor buildings, hand me down books from the white schools, etc. Many African-Americans went on to colleges and universities across the country and many would return to lead and participate in the movement. But the power of the ballot and the solidified voting bloc would prove to the springboard for all other political and legislative gains in the years that followed.