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During the 60's, racism changed a lot in a many ways in US from what had happened in the first half of the twentieth century. Changes involved the passage of bills into laws and involved the overallattitude of the people. Racism basically based on white people's hate towards black people until the 60's, when several events increased animosity both from whites towards blacks and from blackstowards whites. One of the most important events was the attack on the Freedom Riders that was a group of black and white citizens who rode busses across the south in order to test laws enforcingsegregation in public facilities. Once, as they rode across the south, they were met by angry mobs which committed with them brutality, and beat them severely, almost to death. Another event, which happened in1963, was the killing of Medgar Evers, the field secretary for the NAACP, who was murdered in his driveway. Because of all the beatings of the Freedom Riders and the frustration of blacks wantingtheir rights, many riots broke out in various cities and states, such as Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago and Philadelphia. When these riots broke out in the 1960's, the police used any methods necessaryto stop them, even the use of clubs and physical force. Occasionally, when black protesters tried to enter restaurants, stores or any other white property, they were sprayed with fire hoses. Thephotos of Birmingham in 1963 are evidence of these events.
In 1965, the Voting Rights act passed, eliminating the poll tax which is the 24th Amendment to the American constitution, and literacy tests,therefore helping not just blacks, but all Americans obtain their equal rights. One of the biggest things that stood out about the 60's, and probably the most remembered about, is the murder of twovery famous people in the history. One of those men was the great black leader Malcolm X, who was killed on February 21, 1965. Malcolm, who had to deal with watching his house burn to the ground as a...