SEGREGATION
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Segregation was a very controversial topic among both blacks, and whites. There was segregation in schools, transportation, and in voting. Segregation, what was it like? When a black man walked into a restaurant and was refused services just because of the color of his skin. While John F. Kennedy was president, his administration saw the beginning of new hope for equal rights of Americans.
There were many different ways blacks were discriminated against. One of the ways was voting. To prevent blacks from voting, there was a voucher system that a registered voter had to vouch for them and they could only vouch once.1 Southern blacks were also prevented from voting by having to pay poll taxes and take literacy tests...