Our astonishment was short-lived, for it gave way to a curious kind of defensive shame; we were embarrassed for pecola, hurt for her, and finally we just felt sorry for her. our sorrow drove out all thoughts of the new bicycle. and i believe our sorrow was the more intense because nobody else seemed to share it. a) trueb) false

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.