The+Struggles+of+Segregation

= = =Segregation http://nchistorytube3.wikispaces.com/file/view/segregation_protest4.jpg Segregation was the act of separating blacks & whites in America from the end of the Civil War to Board vs. Education. It started because whites basically didn't like blacks & believed that they were better than them so they separated themselves. Blacks always got the worst & whites always got the best, no matter what. When it came to schools the white's basically gave the black's the leftovers. Some restaurants & stores wouldn't even blacks in them. I think that this was one of the worst & craziest events in American history. It is crazy to believe that less than 100 years ago this was going on because most blacks & whites get along very well these days. That taking place showed that our country was growing up & taking steps forward. The most famous & important person in the segregation movement was Martin Luther King Jr. He made many speeches & peaceful protests against segregation. If it wasn't for him I don't believe that slavery would be over now & if so not as soon as it did. Unfortunately he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on June 10, 1968. = =