Throughout the 1960s, African Americans were treated without respect by Whites. Whites people hated the African Americans, stating they shouldn’t be in the United States and that they should go back to their original country. The Whites decided to show the African Americans how they felt by using violence against them, leading to segregation towards the African Americans. This encouraged the African Americans to stand up for for their equality by using defending themselves with violence. This philosophy was very effective for the African Americans to get their freedom from segregation. Violence used by the African Americans during the 1960s helped them achieve their goal of indifference and equality. Seeing they are treated without any respect,
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These acts were created by many factors. One of these was the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement only really affected whites, whose voice was heard unlike the African Americans’. Even though this was meant to affect both races, it didn’t, it just seemed to work so it would act as a “buffer zone” between whites and angry blacks. By doing this, the movement was supposed to calm down the situation. Blacks were so angry at the whites that they would not listen to anything they had to say. The whites’ leaders could go into a rioting community and they would not be listened to. African Americans would be feeling down and got shot by the policemen or citizens. This showed the whites that they were weak and would take advantage of the situation. This showed the blacks who the white people really were and made them angry. Angry, this caused the African Americans to become violent and stand up for themselves. Many people also mistreated the African Americans. Many people like the Klu Klux Klan abused them simply because they did not like them. They also destroyed their homes, bombed them, beat them, gave them death threats, and murdered them. People like these hated them so much that they went to extremes like these, when the African Americans did not do anything to cause this behavior from the whites. This shows that whites simply
These acts were created by many factors. One of these was the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement only really affected whites, whose voice was heard unlike the African Americans’. Even though this was meant to affect both races, it didn’t, it just seemed to work so it would act as a “buffer zone” between whites and angry blacks. By doing this, the movement was supposed to calm down the situation. Blacks were so angry at the whites that they would not listen to anything they had to say. The whites’ leaders could go into a rioting community and they would not be listened to. African Americans would be feeling down and got shot by the policemen or citizens. This showed the whites that they were weak and would take advantage of the situation. This showed the blacks who the white people really were and made them angry. Angry, this caused the African Americans to become violent and stand up for themselves. Many people also mistreated the African Americans. Many people like the Klu Klux Klan abused them simply because they did not like them. They also destroyed their homes, bombed them, beat them, gave them death threats, and murdered them. People like these hated them so much that they went to extremes like these, when the African Americans did not do anything to cause this behavior from the whites. This shows that whites simply