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• What were the key issues leading to racial tensions in the early 1900s?

  High unemployment poverty, poor And inadequate housing widespread unfair treatment by the police the federal government’s failure to address underlying causes of racial tension which caused race riots such as the one in Los Angeles in 1992 triggered by the Rodney King incident
• What was the Rodney King incident and how did it escalate racial tensions?

  On March 3, 1991 Rodney taxi driver was beaten by police officers while being arrested police use excessive force beating him even after he was subdued symbolise systematic racism
• How did the Johnson administration measures from the civil rights era influence in 1900?


  Many measures after the Civil War but had not been properly implemented until the modern movement
• What were the key indicators of economic inequality in the late 20th century?

  77% of white students graduated compared to the 63% of African-American students 24 of whites graduated college compared to just 11% of African-Americans African-American unemployment was 5% higher than that white
• What were the income disparities between African-Americans and whites in the 20th century?

  African-American family from 1950 to 1989 reaching $16,800 however the income gap widened African-American from $7000 in 19 $50-$22,000 in 198 rose from in 1987 average African American hourly wage was $6.26 compared to $7.69 for the
• How did African-Americans fair in professional occupations during the 1990s

  African-Americans l held only half as many managerial and professional roles white systematic barriers continued to limit opportunities for upward mobility