Moral values were lost in the mid 1950s and lasted until 1968. African Americans were considered “lower class” compared to whites. There was a line that the colored race could not pass before authority. If blacks questioned authority, it was paid through crucial consequences. Segregation creates hatred, takes away rights, and kills family heritage.
When reading the Of Mice and Men you could clearly see many examples of segregation, for example, in gender, you could see that they are in a man’s world and people like Curley’s wife weren’t trusted, or were segregated. Your race is also another way that people are being segregated, Crooks, for example, can’t go to the stable room with someone else only by himself. After examining the book, I concluded with the theme segregation. In the fictional Ethan Frome book, people were being separated from the technology of that time. The main characters are isolated from those clean and advance innovative products that are available in popularized places.
People will remember the 1960’s as the year of freedom. The years that ended segregation. Although that is what people were hoping for back then, it did not necessarily happen that easily. In 1963, two very persuasive people spoke up about segregation and left a mark on peoples lives. George C. Wallace and Martin Luther King Jr. both had very strong viewpoints.
In the 1960’s, the peak of the Civil Rights Movement had been reached. The other races besides whites were gaining rights, which was revolutionary given the racism that took place. Although all the states had to agree with allowing black people to have rights, there were also many people who refused to change their ways. This caused hatred of the other races to an even more extreme level, deaths such as Martin Luther King Jr., and impacted the lives of millions. In the Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, The 1960’s:
Segregation has been a huge issue in our society since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The battle between African Americans trying to become equal made our country split completely in half. Different rules and regulations were made for blacks to follow during school, work, and in other public places. The states further down South were very segregated and it also made it much harder for blacks to gain freedom. Many people viewed this time period through the phrase ‘love transcends race’.
The 1960s era was quite the controversial time, debating between if segregation was the way to go or the complete opposite, integration. African Americans during this time were fighting for equality and acceptance in their communities. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically outlaws any discrimination, this meaning :race, color, religion, sex, and etc. In a community, working together brings unity and equality in the environment. Malcolm X thought segregation was the path to follow, but separate doesn’t mean equal.
Obviously, decades ago were so much segregated than today. Back then, we saw segregated schools, malls, and other places. When I was learning more about the Alabama segregation in specific, someone told me about the Birmingham campaign which was a movement during the 1960’s. The conversation went well,
Segregation was an important issue in the 1960s because it separated blacks and whites. Black people were treated like lower class uneducated citizens. In The Help and Selma, both Skeeter Phelan and Martin Luther King believed that African Americans are not any less of a person than white people. Zach from The Secret Life of Bees and the children in gangs from Crips and Bloods: Made in America differ because Zach has the support and education he needs to believe in himself and his future. The children of gangs have support, but it is not in the same caring ways.
Around 1865 segregation was created and based on the color or your skin you had a different social class to everyone else. July 2, 1964 is when all segregation laws and rules were put in place, but yet though some people don’t judge you based on skin color, they can judge you based on gender, the way you identify yourself and the things you do. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it was made in the years when segregation was still legal and based on the events that happened in the book, some of those events sometimes happen to this day like people being treated differently just because of the color of their skin, people being stereotyped, and people getting violent with you based on how you present yourself. For starters, people
The story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. The story took place during the Era of the Civil Rights Movement. Thus, the story took place where segregation was prominent in the United States. The story showed how whites and blacks only interacted in the form of servitude. It also showed how they could act towards each other in society.
During the 1960s in the U.S. life was built around segregation. In which transportation, schools, restaurants, bathrooms and even drinking fountains were separated into two groups. These groups being “whites” and “colored.” If anyone tried to break through these racist ideologies/practices they were threatened, arrested, attacked, and possibly killed. During this time, two African American men led the Civil Rights movement.
Next, I believe the 1960s was full of segregation and people who were very violent against African Americans. It states in the text “People like Martin Luther King and Rosa parks were fight for African American civil rights.” This shows the fact that African Americans were actually fighting just to be like everyone else and get people to think of them the same as everyone else. They didn't get a fair trial or anything they had to prove to the white men and women. African Americans were biased and never accepted until the civil rights act was
“Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believed it was still wrong when it was requested by black people”(Coretta Scott King). During these times white people thought they were superior to black people and some black people wanted to reverse the roles but most wanted equality. The 1880s to 1968 is the time when segregation continued, including harassment, discrimination, police brutality, and no voting rights, something that all black people had experienced. These times consisted of extreme differences white people thought they are better than other people with different skin colors. During these times everything was ruled in favor of white people.
In the early 1960s, race had become the biggest issue in the South. Many African Americans were being sprayed down with water hoses just because of the color of their skin. Many bombings had taken place, one in particular, the 16th Street Baptist Church. The church was bombed, ultimately because the church was home to African Americans. This society was no longer about right and wrong, but had turned into hatred for the opposite race.
Equality in the sixties You don’t fit in. You can’t sit here. Segregation, discrimination is words we all fear the most. People in 1963 and today judge and treat others differently based on social class, race, and disabilities.
