The attitudes of those in the south are very negative towards the African-Americans. One of the most significant events in the turning point is most likely the bombing of burning Birmingham. The right to vote was also a huge turning point. Other significant parts are the Jim Crow laws. The level of discrimination towards African-Americans was definitely 10 out of 10 at the time of the civil rights movement.
The attitudes of the white people in the south were very discriminating. A majority of the people in the south were “prejudice which refers to which refers to buy us thinking, while discrimination consists of actions against a group of people” (Rice University) a prime example of discrimination are the Jim Crow laws. And example of a Jim Crow law is that the marriage of a white person between a colored person is unlawful and void(college board 198). Another good example is that The County Board of Education should provide schools of two kinds, those for …show more content…
Four young innocent girls were murdered by racially motivated terrorism, while attending church just as their mothers have asked. That day in Sunday school the lesson was on “the love that forgives” (Sittion 2). This is so very tender and sad. The girls learn about this and then they die. This may have helped comfort the girls' families. This is a poem written about the bombing of Birmingham. A mother is concerned about the well-being of our child so won’t let her go march the streets in Birmingham. The loving mother sends her child to church to sing in the choir. What she didn’t know is that the church would be blown up and that her child would die. (Dudley) The Bombing of Birmingham was a tragic event for everyone, especially those who knew the girls. The heavy discrimination by KKK was to such an extent that they killed four innocent children attending church and didn’t even so much as bat an