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Cold War
America was betrayed to have freedom and equality throughout the country, however; the USSR was able to see America's hypocrisy in human rights abuses and lynchings of blacks. The Soviet Union could have been using African Americans in their propaganda art to make America feel uneasy or the use of African Americans could have been used to demonstrate real liberation. -
Jim Crow Era
Originally Jim Crow was a minstrel fictional character used to describe "dimwitted" blacks; however, this term became the use of pseudoscience, religious white supremacy, support of violence, etc. The Jim Crow movement also became the justice and economical control over blacks. Due to many racial injustices during this time period, many African Americans face discrimination today. -
Brown vs Board of Education
School segregation can have many different aspects; race, sexuality, religion, family income, etc. During the 1950s, African Americans spoke more about the discrimination of school education and the violation of the 14th amendment being unconstitutional. In Topeka, Kansas Brown and the NAACP moved forward the anti-segregation in public school districts. -
Murder of Emmett Till
14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and murder by Bryant and Milam for falsely "offending" a white woman (Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett and exaggerated the story of what he did to her, then came out with a book, years after his death, explaining how she lied and how she lost her two sons to death). Due to an all-white jury (Mississippi), both men were not found guilty; however, a year later they both admitted to the murder of Emmett Till, still without facing any form of punishment. -
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Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, like many others, refused to give up her seat to a white man, gaining time in jail. These multiple events lead to the Montgomery bus Boycott which made multiple bus stations lose money from the African American community. Without all of the deaths, defeats, and accomplishments from African Americans, today's society would still be at odds. -
Little Rock Nine
The disgusting hatred thrown at the nine blacks students enrolled in Little Rock Central High, Arkansas would have been unbearable for anyone that was discriminated toward in a location full of anger. This movement for anti-school segregation made some Americans realize the hatred that whites were still holding onto as police and military members escorted them throughout school. -
Nashville Sit-ins
Due to the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference (NCLC) and "whites only" lunch counters, nonviolent campaigns (February 13th. 1960 - May 10th, 1960) to end racial segregation at lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee held by college students was seen as another "threat" to segregation. Throughout history, America has been made to always contradict its self and many white Americans as well within human rights. -
March on Washington
Over 250,000 people gathered to attend MLKs "I Have A Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln monument. Jobs, freedom, inequalities, violet attacks faced by African Americans after the Emancipation were all finally spoken to a large public eye. -
Civil Rights Acts
The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public locations but not everywhere. Employment discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, and national origin was banned, though many "minorities" still face this discrimination all over America. -
Bloody Sunday
A violent turn on 600 civil protesters of the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson by a white police officer in Alabama. They were encouraging the 15th amendment, blocked by the local police sent by the George C. Wallace, governor, beaten, teargassed, and hospitalized as they were making their way toward Edmund Pettus Bridge. A peaceful march leads to death from police brutality, a fact that America continues to struggle with. Though there was unnecessary cruelty, the voting rights act was guaranteed. -
Fair Housing Act
Many African Americans were steered away to suburban or white communities and put into urban, rural, or low-income neighborhoods. This was another way of segregation, discrimination, and keeping black people down. MLK led protests against housing discrimination in Chicago and new housing laws; however, whites were still throwing bricks, rocks, and ruining African American housing. -
Post-Civil Rights Movements Era
During this time period, almost all Americans were trying to move from the past and adapt to what the future may bring, though this still was difficult for many southerners. Segregation died down but discrimination was still lingering around. In today's society, we still live in a "post-civil rights movement" and are still trying to adapt to different races because of the long-time period it took to see blacks and others as equal.
