Segregation: A story of the past or the present? "I felt proud and sad at the same time. Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring justice to a Little Rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths. Yes, this is the United States, I thought to myself. There is a reason why I salute the flag" (Beals 132). The flag of our …showed first 75 words of 2317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2317 total…part in re-segregating by leaving schools with higher black population. Beals strongly makes a point to illustrate the negative affects segregation has on a society in hopes that people realize what harm it does. Unfortunately society today has not had that realization with the trend we are following. The understanding of equality can be given by the fathers of our country who define the meaning of the American flag; "...with liberty and justice for all."