Civil Rights Interview
By L.Eaves
Segregation was a big issue in the south. Many African Americans were treated poorly with
li”le to no respect and there wasn’t really anything they could do besides go to jail behind
hurting or a”empting to hurt the white man who hurt them. It was unequal and unfair. When I
asked Mr. Richard if he had a problem with segregation he said that yes he had and has a
problem with segregation, he feels as though African Americans still don’t get the same equality
as whites, especially when dealing with jobs. During segregation there were a certain place
blacks were located, they didn’t just have housing with the white people, they were placed in
urban housing, the ghe”o and the homes weren’t as nice as the whites homes were, nowhere
near in fact. I went on to ask Mr. Richard if he lived in a segregated neighborhood and he said
yes he did, it was a black neighborhood and blacks stayed with blacks and the whites stayed on
their part of town.
Back then if and when a black man decided to take ma“ers into their own hands, they would
end up in jail or worst; killed. The justice system was one built at a white man’s perspective,
there weren’t equal rights for the blacks. I asked Mr. Richards if he ever retaliated against
