B. Most Southern communities refused to integrate schools.
C. Some communities closed their schools rather than integrate.
happened following the decision in brown v. Board of education.
Explanation:
Brown v. Boards of Education, a landmark decision in 1954 at the Supreme Court that led to the incorporation of public schools. The decision was one of many judicial and legislative attempts to achieve racial equality, initiatives that started with the U.S. modifications to the Civil War.
Eight years on from the United States' Supreme Court unanimously stated that racial discriminations of public school were impermissible. With regard to this case many artists penned the cartoon demonstrating the dissatisfaction at the steady progress that the nation made in education equality. As school were not ready to integrate and chose option to shut down the school but not to integrate.