Describe the problems after Brown vs Topeka.

• A. No date specified for the integration of schools.
• B. 1957-More than 300,000 black children attend formerly segregated schools.
• C. 2.4 black children still being educated in Jim Crow schools.
• D. Over the next 2 years more than 450 state laws passed to prevent Brown judgement from being enforced.

Answer: (D)

After Brown v. Board, the central challenge was widespread, organized resistance to desegregation. Rather than a smooth move toward integration, many states used legislation and political tactics to block or delay the ruling. The figure of more than 450 state laws in the first couple of years shows how extensive that pushback was, aiming to keep schools segregated despite the Court’s decision. This period of “massive resistance” included measures that preserved separate schools or delayed desegregation, sometimes requiring federal intervention to move forward, as seen later in cases like Little Rock. The other options miss the point by implying there was no date set for action or by suggesting desegregation occurred quickly, which contradicts the reality of heavy legal and political obstruction in the early years after Brown.