Differences in a decade of racism

Differences detailing the change in racism from the mid- and late-1900s until today include various forms of oppression and prejudice, all of which continue to transform and morph into different ways of racial expression today. In the first fifty years of the twentieth century, racism was prevalent, seen in the reported lynching of 1,792 African American individuals, not counting those who were the victims of unreported crimes. In addition, segregation was also established, including laws concerning miscegenation, education, transportation, public accommodations, penal institutions, employment, military service, immigration, health care, housing, voting, race classification, and residential. This was especially seen in the legal designation of the boundaries of black and white neighborhoods in several states, including Baltimore, Maryland; Dallas, Texas; Greensboro, North Carolina; Louisville, Kentucky; Norfolk, Virginia; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Richmond, Virginia; Roanoke, Virginia, and St. Louis, Missouri. Moreover, white attitude at the moment also caused significant furor at the time; President Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to Booker T. Washington, a black male, to dine at the White House for lunch caused genuine uproar and critique over the social implications of Roosevelt’s casual act. Furthermore, race riots also began to burgeon, the product of intense racial hatred.

The ne xt period of history, from 1951-1959, although still facing the brunt of the Jim Crow laws, was characterized by a significant decrease in reported lynchings (only 8). Furthermore, this was supported by more organized protest against racial prejudice, visible in the fruition of the Civil Rights Movement (1954), as well as the inclusion of African Americans into organizations and award opportunities such as the McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, the Supreme Court’s ruling that an institution of higher education could not provide different treatment to a student on the basis