"The life of American Blacks has undoubtedly improved since the 1950's" - Using the sources G, H, I, J, and K how far would you agree with this interpretation of the changes in the life of American Blacks?

an outline of some Anti-Discrimination laws. These laws do tell us that Blacks were achieving some civil rights, but many questions can be asked, for example; were these laws enforced? What makes people think that they would abide to these laws? Questions like these can challenge the reliability of this source. Source H is an extract from a story about desegregation. It tells us that segregation had ended as “Blacks and whites lunch together in fast food shops…” this shows us proof of the desegregation, but this extract could be biased as it does not show any tension, and makes life Blacks and Whites to seem as if it has been perfect and peaceful for a long time. Source I shows us some statistics of Blacks, some which state improvement, and some which don’t. all these statistics have not been compared to other statistics from other years throughout this period of time. They do not show much improvement, but that doesn’t rule out the possibility that there has been a slight improvement. In source J, improvement is outlined in the first paragraph “a black ‘elite’ or privileged group- composed mainly of doctors, lawyers, teachers…” This quote shows us that some blacks have managed to achieve high paid jobs, and that they can also achieve what whites can achieve. The next two paragraphs in source J tells us how life for many blacks hasn’t changed at all “…and blacks still fill more of the less-skilled and low-paid jobs when they do find employment.” This quote from the second paragraph tells us how blacks still find it hard to get employed into high paid jobs, and that they are still given the small, low-skilled jobs. Paragraph three tells us about the living conditions of most blacks, and that they mostly still live in ghettos, “where soaring crime rates and drug problems”, are major issues in their lives.         In some of the sources above, there are also a lot of signs of no change at all, but they are all mainly summed up in source K. Source K is an extract from the book “Modern America” by Clive Macdonald. This source is about the Los Angeles riots in 1992, “following the acquittal by a largely white jury of four white policemen for the assault of a Negro Rodney King.” These 4 policemen had hit King 56 times as he lay on the ground, and this beating lasted over a period of 81 seconds. A passerby of this incident had videotaped the beating and even with this evidence, the four men got off lightly. This triggered off the worst Negro riots in American history, with 55 people killed, and 2,500 seriously injured.         In conclusion, life for American Blacks has improved slightly, but not undoubtedly. Even to this day, the blacks live in ghettos, which contain drug related crimes and so on. Some of the sources above outline some improvement, but not much, and in the final few sources, improvement lessens. Life for Blacks in America has changed, but not by much.