The danger of young African American students practicing their civic duties and rights was at an all-time high during this pre-Civil Rights Act of 1964 time. Tensions of racial inequality and segregation were running rampant and in response to the Civil Rights activists was violence and hatred. February 1, 1960: Before this date, nonviolent sit-ins [...]
A few large organizations rose up during the 50s and 60s to advocate for social rights of African Americans - three of the largest were NAACP, CORE and SNCC. NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was more of an adult-run, led and organized than the other two and they did not necessarily [...]
Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed, and even afterward, newspapers around the country were very biased. Words such as "Negroes" were used regularly as decent words to use, and the light that they represented Civil Rights activists was on the verge of racist. Local newspapers were the worst in this practice, trying [...]
