ipl-logo

Is The Impact Of Racism On African Americans In The 1960's

313 Words2 Pages
Before 1955, when the civil rights movement began, African Americans had been living through the struggle of racism and black supremacy. African American were beginning to grew tired of being treated like animals. The African Americans had no rights, had to use separate facilities, and were forced to work for the white people. This racism lead to a great deal of discrimination for instance, white people performed lynching of African Americans who disobeyed the white’s rules or even spoke the wrong way to a white person. Life in the early 1900’s and into the late 1960’s was terrifying for a person of color. Police brutality was enforced on African Americans, and police felt they had the right to beat a person based on the color of their skin.
Open Document