Class 8c: Creative project on segregation and the Civil Rights Movement in the USA

Fifty years ago, it was a difficult time for colored people in the USA , because of the way they were treated and separated from whites. They also didn’t have a chance to live a normal life with no prejudice against them and with equal rights. 

Class 8c decided to research on segregation, specifically about how life used to be decades ago in the 1960s for black people.

Back then, separating blacks from whites was written down by laws passed with roots in racism. These laws made sure that colored people would have harder lives than white people. Segregation affected their lives in many ways: they weren’t allowed to choose where they would sit on a bus, they weren’t allowed to drink from the same public water fountains and couldn’t even choose the school or job they wanted, all because of their race. 

In order to fight back, blacks held protests to fight the system and to demand equal rights, and in doing so put themselves in danger. They were killed, beaten up and brought to prison. Colored people also held sit-ins. Sit-ins were peaceful protests blacks held in places where they were separated from whites and in which they, for example, intentionally sat in “whites only” seats to prove a point. These protests proceeded until, one day, the Supreme Court ended segregation.

This history has a huge impact on society nowadays. Even though segregation ended, there is still prejudice against black people and racism today. We hope that one day, equality will exist amongst us, and that racism will no longer exist. That’s why it’s so important for everyone to learn and be aware of what’s happened, so that we can broaden our minds and accept everyone equally.