Well done as far as it goes (and of course, this is a blog post, not a course outline!). Extending the analysis a little further, it seems you skipped over the Johnson administration--arguably the president most committed to civil rights in the country's history (including, btw, Obama). It seems clear to me that the end of overt resistance to school desegregation resulted from the assertion of what is now castigated as "deep state" power. That is, the massive funding for schools provided by HEW, but funding contingent on dismantling segregation.
Of course, this did not end segregated schools--instead it moved the level of segregation down to the neighborhoods, and boosted private school enrollment, so that white parents could avoid having their children attend school with Black kids, by avoiding public schools altogether.
Well done as far as it goes (and of course, this is a blog post, not a course outline!). Extending the analysis a little further, it seems you skipped over the Johnson administration--arguably the president most committed to civil rights in the country's history (including, btw, Obama). It seems clear to me that the end of overt resistance to school desegregation resulted from the assertion of what is now castigated as "deep state" power. That is, the massive funding for schools provided by HEW, but funding contingent on dismantling segregation.
Of course, this did not end segregated schools--instead it moved the level of segregation down to the neighborhoods, and boosted private school enrollment, so that white parents could avoid having their children attend school with Black kids, by avoiding public schools altogether.