ed by stereotypes and false accusations because of this time. Vietnam was a war that was said to stop more communism, however the children of the United States were so tired of hearing about Communism that they just wanted it all over.Civil rights of any individual was also expounded on in the 1960s. All ethnicities wanted equal rights for everyone because of discrimination and segregation that took place in the north as well as the south. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 allowed the Federal Government the right to investigate Civil Rights Violations which did nothing except bring it out for an example of what was to come for freedom. Schools were separated to white and black public schools. The white schools had far better facilities and even more in ways of academics and expectations than the black schools. The blacks schools were typically run down with unequipped teachers who cared, but couldnt do anything about it. Few challenged the schools because of the one set standard of law set in place about segregation through Plessy vs. Ferguson. This was the standard until Brown vs. Board of Education where they said that separate was not equal and could never be. This showed the people that many things could be accomplished if it was a just cause. On May 6, 1960 President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960. A year later on February 1, 1961 four black students were arrested at a whites only lunch counter in Greensboro, South Carolina. These two incidents didnt straighten out the civil rights issues, though. Martin Luther King began to lead through active non-violence saying that lightness begets lightness and darkness begets darkness. He proposed a Civil Rights Bill to John F. Kennedy which lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which stated that desegregation of any kind is against the law and morals, that all employers have to give an equal opportunity, and gave all total voting rights. This resulted in blacks takin...
