At the start of the 20th century white supremacy took over and blacks resumed to be treated differently than whites. Blacks were lynched by groups like the KKK and it was allowed in spite of the 14th amendment. The rights of blacks were protected but there was still segregation. The Jim Crow laws ordered blacks to use separate facilities and other thing from whites. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case resulted in separate facilities for blacks and whites as long as they were equal. In this process blacks stayed patient and nonviolent, staying strong as they could not react with violence or their whole method would be thrown off. The facilities never were equal and the blacks remained to be treated differently and this continued for quite some time. Even
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Who knows when racial treatment will stop as it continues to this day. During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans used several methods to challenge the many ways they had been denied equal rights.
Two ways that African Americans were denied equal rights were segregated buses and denial of voter registration. One method used to deal with the inequality was by planning a boycott of all buses in Montgomery. According to the excerpt from the Resolution of the Citizen’s Mass Meeting Montgomery, Alabama, December 5, 1955, "Negro passengers . . . relinquish their seats and stand
Who knows when racial treatment will stop as it continues to this day. During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans used several methods to challenge the many ways they had been denied equal rights.
Two ways that African Americans were denied equal rights were segregated buses and denial of voter registration. One method used to deal with the inequality was by planning a boycott of all buses in Montgomery. According to the excerpt from the Resolution of the Citizen’s Mass Meeting Montgomery, Alabama, December 5, 1955, "Negro passengers . . . relinquish their seats and stand