Then in 1953, Marshall and the teacher appealed to the U.S. ... By the end of 1953, the U.S. ... Many white people in the 1950's felt that their children were academically and socially superior to black children so they felt that the distribution of educational funds was fair and made perfect sense. ... I have seen many sporting events in which black people have lost to white people. ...
Inspired by the conviction that nonviolence and peaceful protest could abolish social injustice, he fought hard to gain the freedoms every living person is entitled to. ... While at Boston University, King met Coretta Scott who later became his wife in 1953. ... More than 200,000 people gathered near the Washington Monument for this historical event. ...
While many people in the United States frowned upon both homosexuality and interracial dating, Baldwin found social freedom and privacy while in Europe. ... In 1953 he finished the partially autobiographical account of his youth, Go Tell It on the Mountain. ... The play was a racial wake-up call to all of the races and cultures in the United States, which might find racism or ethnocentrism as a social "security blanket". ... (Both of these recent events have increased African-American political awareness and unity.) ...
