Eisenhower thought that this action could affect the development of Civil Rights, and when the Supreme Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education, that segregation of education was against the Constitution, civil rights advocates called on President Eisenhower to take action to enforce the Supreme Court's decision; however, Eisenhower avoided supporting the Court, which caused those who were against desegregation at school to be motivated to continue their resistance to white and African-American students studying together in the same classrooms and schools.