Meanwhile in the North, mass riots and deaths were occurring, such as the riot in Watts, California. It all started with a white police officer stopping what appeared to be a drunk black driver. In the end, the 6 day riot costed the lives of 34 people, and over 1,000 were injured. 600 buildings had been looted an set on fire, leaving the total damage cost at over $100 million.
King wanted to help his people everywhere, not just in the South. So in January of 1966, King and his wife move into a slum in Chicago to start a campaign that would hopefully put an end to all the slums. What he saw when he got there shocked him. The people were violent, both the whites and blacks. Rioting happened frequently, and it never ended well. King was helpless against the rioters; they wouldn’t listen to him. …show more content…
He tried peaceful marches and protests, but they were never peaceful. He found that racism was very different in the North than it was in the South. In Chicago, the white crowds were more hostile and hateful towards the protesters than those in the South. Something else King realized while in Chicago was that the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were more of a surface change; they weren’t affecting everyone, especially the people in the North.
To just make matters worse, and announcement in Washington stated that Lyndon Johnson’s Civil Rights Bill was dead. Though King was feeling very depressed, he tried to keep up his spirits, even if it was just to encourage others to keep up theirs. At a convention in Texas he told his
King wanted to help his people everywhere, not just in the South. So in January of 1966, King and his wife move into a slum in Chicago to start a campaign that would hopefully put an end to all the slums. What he saw when he got there shocked him. The people were violent, both the whites and blacks. Rioting happened frequently, and it never ended well. King was helpless against the rioters; they wouldn’t listen to him. …show more content…
He tried peaceful marches and protests, but they were never peaceful. He found that racism was very different in the North than it was in the South. In Chicago, the white crowds were more hostile and hateful towards the protesters than those in the South. Something else King realized while in Chicago was that the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were more of a surface change; they weren’t affecting everyone, especially the people in the North.
To just make matters worse, and announcement in Washington stated that Lyndon Johnson’s Civil Rights Bill was dead. Though King was feeling very depressed, he tried to keep up his spirits, even if it was just to encourage others to keep up theirs. At a convention in Texas he told his