Where Do We Go From Here?
Over 90 years after the Reconstruction, blacks continued to face adversity, live in fear, and feel inferior to the white man. In the late 1960s, racial segregation began to dissolve after massive amount of blood shed, countless tears, and anguish. This is a great achievement that has changed a tremendous amount of lives in the black population. The income gap between blacks and whites had partly closed, but not all the way. Despite some achievements, many racial issues continued to exist. For example, the income of blacks was 60% that of a white man, poverty was four times greater in the black communities, unemployment was more than twice as much for blacks than whites and infant mortality rates were over
Over 90 years after the Reconstruction, blacks continued to face adversity, live in fear, and feel inferior to the white man. In the late 1960s, racial segregation began to dissolve after massive amount of blood shed, countless tears, and anguish. This is a great achievement that has changed a tremendous amount of lives in the black population. The income gap between blacks and whites had partly closed, but not all the way. Despite some achievements, many racial issues continued to exist. For example, the income of blacks was 60% that of a white man, poverty was four times greater in the black communities, unemployment was more than twice as much for blacks than whites and infant mortality rates were over