Since Jim Crow segregation ended in the 1960s, residential integration has advanced slowly, if at all. Black and white Americans continue to live in separate areas, and racial residential segregation has been the norm across the nation. This pattern is reinforced by the fact that African ...
For many people the civil rights movement ended with the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. Others believe it was over after the Selma March, because there have not been any significant changes since then.Still others argue the movement continues today because the goal of full equality...
Others, like Lola, launched into stories about Santa Ana: “I ended up in Santa Ana. I was on the phone with my friend crying because I had no idea where I was. I couldn’t find the freeway. I was freaking out. In that kind of neighborhood at midnight you can’t stop for ...