Discuss the Attitudes and Events in the Usa in the 1950s and 1960s Towards the Negroe Population

In the 1950s and 1960s in the United States of America, there was widespread abuse and intimidation of the civil rights movement, particularly in relation to African-Americans. Many southern states denied the African Americans the right to vote, organise or meet together. This is demonstrated through segregation, racial discrimination, violence and hatred.

Most white Americans believed in the necessity of segregation. This refers to separating racial groups in all aspects of their lives to ensure that whites maintained supremacy over African-Americans. This is shown in the ‘Mississippi Burning’ movie when there are two sinks, one for White Anglo-Saxons and one for African Americans. The difference between them were that whites received newer and cleaner sinks while the African-Americans were hardly running, dirtier and needed fixing. Transport, public toilets and schools were segregated with the worst conditions reserved for African Americans. A person who wanted stop segregation was Martin Luther King Jr. King was a Baptist Minister and social activists. He had led the civil rights movement. King helped end the legal segregation of African American citizens in the south and other areas of the nation. He also gave African Americans the right to vote.

Racism has existed since the inception of slavery commenced. Racism in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s was very deep-seated. Racism is the attitude that people of a different race/colour are interior to those of one’s own race/colour. African Americans were banned from associating with white in a host of institutions and public accommodations- schools, hospitals, rest rooms, hotels, restaurants, parks and beaches. Some recreational areas posted signs, “Negroes and Dogs not allowed.” Racial discrimination deprived southern blacks of decent jobs, schools and elementary rights of citizenship, including voting.

Violence was acceptable in the American South. A person who promoted violence