African Americans In The 1960s

Foreign newcomers were expected to discard the differences of the Americans in culture and became part of a single American nationality, for the reason that the Americans thought of their country being a “melting pot” – a metaphor that was used to describe a fusion of nationalities, cultures, and ethinicities. In the 1960s, the idea of cultural pluralism or the belief wherein the minority groups in the dominant society will maintain their cultural differences, gained favor. However, the American society was not seen to be a truly open one to some ethnic groups. Black Americans had been working for too long just to gain greater acceptance, as well as the Hispanics and Indians that were used to organized same movements in order to

The Confederate war debt was canceled, thus punishing those who had lent money to the Confederacy.
3. Southern states were forbidden to compensate slave owners for the loss of their slaves. Nevertheless, there are still some black Americans who did not favor unification. The Civil Rights leaders, Floyd McKissick and Stokely Carmichael wanted the black people to maintain their separation from American Society because they emphasized the concept of “black power” wherein they’re going to build the black Americans into strong political and economic power association. But improvements did not go on their way as many of the black Americans grew impatient. And in the late 1960s, ghetto riots were said to disturbed city after city. In 1970s, efforts were made to end the de facto segregation which existed without legal authority. It brought gains and setbacks, and some black Americans agreed to have another means of achieving equality known as the affirmative action. Through this, people coming from groups that had experienced discrimination were going to be recruited for jobs and education. On the other hand, there are a lot of people who opposed to it because they considered this action as an unfair quota