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How Significant Were Events in Changing Attitudes Towards African-Americans?
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How Significant were the Following Events in Changing Attitudes Towards African-Americans? * Brown Case * Little Rock * Autherine Lucy * Emmett Till * Montgomery Bus Boycott Bethan Siddons Racial tensions were high in America and this was due to the exposure that white and black people had of eachother in unequal statuses. As Africans had originally been brought over to America as slaves in the 1800s, Americans believed themselves to be far superior and this idea remained even after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that declared all African-Americans free from slavery. Restricting them from education and equality, Americans discriminated black people and kept them living in poor conditions with no way of escape. Many freed slaves found there were no opportunities for them to earn a living so they were forced back into labour with their old masters, working extremely hard for very little money. Of course, this situation led to resistance from some blacks and...
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