Issues Black Americans Faced In The 1950's
The black citizens of America faced many race imposed hardships in the 1950's. The unfair separate but equal laws were introduced, making it difficult for the blacks to better there living conditions. The violence from groups like the KKK, also general disrespect and treatment. The supreme court and the Federal Government helped the Civil Right Movement take great strides by siding in theit favor in court, and protecting activists from the angry white mobs.
In the 1950's America was racially separated by the separate but equal policies. This in theory meant the Black and White citizens would attend different schools and live in different areas. Sit in different parts of buses, restaurants and use separate public facilities. While all places assigned to blacks would be equal to that of a white man. This however was not the case, In the state of Mississippi was spending $98.15 on every student attending a white school and only $43.14 on students in the black schools. While white citizens prospered in the suburbs, the Blacks were forced into the city ghettos, as urban life was becoming less and less attractive. There were court cases from disgruntled black parents, demanding their children's right to receive a proper education. The first of which was the ‘Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education'. The case to the district court was first unsuccessful, but was appealed to the supreme court where the policy was deemed unjust and unconstitutional.
At the threat of Southern Schools becoming desegregated, white citizens became alarmed and sprung into action. There were many groups promoting discrimination and violence against the blacks, the most prominent was the Klu Klux Klan. In 1959 350 cases of attacks had been reported in Atlanta alone. The tactics used to silence Civil Rights Activists were Whipping, Bombing, Shooting, Phone Intimidation and Lynching. However, not all discrimination against the blacks was violent, most was just...
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