Living in the SouthGrowing up in the South during the civil rights movement between the late 1950s and early 1960s as an African American was difficult. As a black person you experienced a lot of racial profiling, discrimination and of course racism throughout the South simply because they wanted change and were tired of being treated poorly by white people. Superiority therefore meant a lot to whites; they were not going to allow black people to take power in any way. So black people and people known as minorities took their chances to try to make change because their rights were not being protected as the First Amendment provided. Many people were threatened, beaten, and harassed by a group known as the Ku Klux Klan who were trying to fight for what was right, like the right to vote. Although they struggled to make their voices heard, it was worth it, even if it meant putting their lives at risk. The South has not been easy, especially for minorities living in America, as Edesha said, white people had sworn since before Reconstruction that we black people. not only would we know our place, but we would stay there forever. This showed that after slavery was abolished some white people did not want to make change in society under the law, some white people still wanted to be separated from all black people and those who did not fit their description . It seems that white people were afraid that one day African Americans would take over and treat them the same way they were treated, that is, they just mentally, verbally and physically abused them because of their skin color and ethnicity. The number one problem black people faced was because those in charge of voting made it difficult for them. For example, they... middle of paper ... prevent blacks from mixing socially with whites, voting, and prospering financially. This showed; the group didn't want change. For example, they try to keep black people away from white people, from voting and getting rich by using violence as a digital weapon against minorities. It seemed that white people were not afraid to commit crimes because they knew there would be no punishment and that all the supremacists in the courtroom were the responsibility of white men. It's sad how the justice system works for whites and blacks. Under the Constitution it was said that all men were equal, but the system was full of this, as anyone who was not of white descent was treated unfairly and punished with cruelty. Sometimes African Americans didn't even get a record when they were accused of a crime, they were simply found guilty and punished for a crime they probably didn't commit..