An example of abusive violence is when emmett till got murdered by two white guys because he wincked at a white women.Emmett till's mother wanted the photos of emmett till dead and beaten to be published around the world to show people what white people were doing to african americans this kind of stuff was going on everywhere in the south. that's how the civil rights movement started.
The civil rights movement started because african americans were getting treated bad like they were getting beat up and killed so a man named martin luther king stepped up and started the civil rights movement and he
started to lead protest all around america but mostly in the south another man named malcolm x was leading this movement to but he was going for a more aggressive approach. he started what's called the black panthers it was a military like group of all african americans they were armed with military weapons.
The murder of malcolm x and martin luther king was sad for african americans malcolm x was shot to death by islamic people while he was speaking at a press conference in new york city then a couple months later martin luther king was shot in the head while he was on the balcony of his hotel. in present day they made a museum in that hotel he was shot at it is in nashville tennessee.
African americans have came a long way now they have freedom we have had a black president we have no stores that say whites only and we don't have separate drinking fountains but it is not over yet there is still some racism in our country but america will overcome it.