race relations usa 1960s

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Why were better race relations still needed in the USA in the early 1960s?

In the 1960s police treated black people horribly they would beat them and arrest them for nothing. In 1965 the watts riot happened were a white police officer arrested a black man for drink driving but on the process of this happening the police officer hit the black over the head and arrested his family. The watts riot show how racist and horrible the white police where to the black people so if this had carried on they would of never be a equal society

In the 1960s black people were not treated equally by the courts. The courts would always take a white mans side over a black man even if the black man was innocent. In 1955 Emmet till (a black boy) was killed by a black man and within an hour a being in court the white man got found not guilty. The Emmet till case shows how unfair and racist the courts where to black people. this relates to the question because it shows that race relations where still needed in the 1960s.

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In the 1960s black children were not allowed to go to the same schools as white people they would be giving abuse, shouted at and threatened to be killed. In 1964 the southern states decided to send they black children to a white school they got sent home they tried again the next day and a mob of 1000 people said they would lynch them if they went in, the next day 11000 government soldiers had to go in to protect the black Children. 1 year later black children were allowed in white schools. This shows how horrible and ...

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