Asked by @luhjo_.3

Although Brown v. Board of Education established that the segregation of schools was unconstitutional,
many white Southerners strongly resisted integration.
civil rights activists feared integration would lead to violence.
African Americans did not want to attend all-white schools.
many people in the North strongly resisted integration.

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Correct answer: "many white Southerners strongly resisted integration."

Explanation: After Brown v. Board (1954) many white Southern politicians and citizens launched "Massive Resistance" — e.g., the Southern Manifesto, school closings, White Citizens' Councils, and incidents like Governor Orval Faubus blocking the Little Rock Nine — requiring federal intervention to enforce desegregation.

Why the others are wrong or misleading:
- Civil rights activists did fear violent backlash and danger, but they supported and pressed for integration (using nonviolent direct action), not opposed it because of that fear.
- African Americans generally wanted equal access to public schools and fought for desegregation.
- While there was some Northern resistance to integration in housing and schools, the organized, official, statewide resistance was far stronger and more concentrated in the South.