1960s Racism

Racism in the 1960s was a huge decade and a war/battle between White and Colored people. Propaganda played a big part in changing people's minds. There is a whole range of media used to spread this propaganda, from prejudice commercials and segregation (where whites and black had their own water foundations, schools and public bathrooms) to inspiring speeches(I have a Dream, Letter From Birmingham Jail). People such as Martin Luther King Jr. tried to draw people to him by giving harrange speeches to the American public into changing peoples mind on segregation and to put a end to racism. Groups such as the KKK didn't like to copoorate and scared blacks into trying to leave town by putting up signs, burning homes down and killing people throughout the entire country, to show people the stand for what they believe in. Blacks were viewed in the 1960s as horrible people, if someone saw a black person on TV or walking around their first impression would be what's he or she doing here or their.