Discrimination in the 1960s
At the time, many southern states were judging people by the color of their skin. People of color were subjects of discrimination and labeled as less intelligent and less important. Discrimination has been an issue all over the world throughout history and people have been suffering from it. The event on how Martin Luther King Jr. was shot was the main reason the experiment started.
Racial discrimination protests, Britannica, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr. was giving speeches and protesting so that colored people didn’t have to be treated so poorly. MLK, Jr. also led the Bus Boycott to try and stop discrimination. He gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, and he led peaceful protests too.
“People of color who go through it tell us, when it’s over, ‘I could have gone through that exercise with both my hands tied behind my back. My family members go through worse than that every day. What’s the matter with you white people?' Children of all ages, when going through this exercise, have difficulty handling it." -Jane Elliott
Colored vs. white drinking fountains, TRTworld, 2018
