Discrimination That African Americans Faced Segregation In The United States

African American’s faced segregation visually and physically. They had different water fountains for blacks and whites for example. You would go to jail if your didn’t obey there segregation rules and laws. Also, “colored” children had to attend different schools. White people would attend nice schools with great conditions. On the other hand, “colored” students had to attend schools that looked like an unfinished basement. Blacks would attend schools that were not air-conditioned or that provided heat throughout the different seasons. Next businesses and restaurants were not required to cater blacks. They would put signs in the window saying “we cater whites only.” White women faced discrimination psychologically. That’s because they were …show more content…
It did help accomplish change. An example of this would be that two “colored” men went into a restaurant and demanded to be served. They would sit down at a table, and they would not leave until it closed but they did come back the next day, and the day after that. What would happen is with the passive non-violent resistance is that the white people around them would throw trash and pour their drinks on them. The two black gentlemen would just sit there and study. They were successful in doing this because even news reporters and cameras would be there shooting it on TV. That way the northerners would see this and feel sympathy for the “colored.” In order to build a movement in the first place, they would need to identify the problem. Once they identified the problem, they would need to prove that actually existed. The PCSW and the Feminine Mystique helped do that. The PCSW helped identify the problem; it was the first government effort to quantify discrimination against women. The Feminine Mystique was a book convincing women that they were facing discrimination, and that they should have the right to demand more of