But instead of offering a strict plan for either gradual or immediate desegregation, he said that the states should make sure schools integrate with “all deliberate speed.” This, of course, did not happen in the whole country. Before this decision was made, several districts had already begun desegregating. On the other end of the spectrum, many schools took much longer than ninety days to integrate. Telgen offers statistics and specific details about the desegregation process. For example Louisville, Kentucky integrated 12,000 black students in all grades in only one semester in 1956. Elementary students seemed to be more accepting of integration than middle and high schoolers. Some counties were even able to integrate their schools without any problems. Milford, Delaware schools closed because rumors circulated that a black boy and a white girl were going to a dance together. Telgen showed that reactions to integration varied widely across the country. She provided details and many different cases to show responses of parents, students, and the